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Acceleration
In physics, acceleration is the rate of change of velocity—but in the attention economy, it's the rate at which your autonomy dissolves into algorithmic prediction.
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Displacement
In physics, displacement measures the shortest path between two points—but in the attention economy, you never arrive where you meant to go.
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Vector
In physics, direction matters as much as magnitude—and in the attention economy, your trajectory is worth more than your speed.
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Equilibrium
In thermodynamics, equilibrium means death—and your digital life is reaching maximum entropy faster than you think.
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Newton's Third Law
Every click generates an equal and opposite extraction—the physics of digital reciprocity in an attention economy.
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Newton's Second Law
Force equals mass times acceleration, and your attention has both mass and momentum in the digital marketplace.
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Newton's First Law
An object in motion stays in motion—unless acted upon by the algorithm that knows you better than you know yourself.
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Centrifugal Force
You're being flung outward by systems that pretend to hold you close—the physics of rotation explains why you can't look away.
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Centripetal Force
You're not scrolling in circles—you're being held in orbit by forces you can't see.
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Torque
The longer the lever arm, the easier it is to turn you—and the platforms know exactly where to apply pressure.