physics
Free Fall
In the absence of friction, all objects fall at the same rate—and so do you, through an infinite feed designed to eliminate every form of resistance.
$ cat /tag/physics/
physics
Terminal Velocity
You've been falling through the attention economy long enough that the resistance finally equals the pull—and this is where it gets dangerous.
physics
Pop
In physics, cavitation creates bubbles that collapse with devastating force—in the attention economy, notifications do the same to your consciousness.
physics
Crackle
The third derivative of position describes how your acceleration changes—and how platforms engineer the jolts that keep you scrolling.
physics
Snap
In physics, snap is the fourth derivative of position—the rate at which jerk changes—and in your digital life, it's the violence of attention torn from one moment to the next.
physics
Jerk
The physics of sudden acceleration changes explains why your attention never settles, why every notification feels like whiplash, and why you can't remember the last time you moved smoothly through your day.
physics
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.
physics
Velocity
In physics, velocity requires direction—but your data moves everywhere at once, and you're standing still.
physics
Displacement
In physics, displacement measures the shortest path between two points—but in the attention economy, you never arrive where you meant to go.
physics
Scalar
In physics, scalars have magnitude without direction—just like your engagement metrics, stripped of context, meaning, and humanity.