Terms Accepted

In this piece, attention is no longer abstract. It is extracted, exchanged, and consumed. A marketplace emerges where memory, focus, and awareness move between people as a form of currency. The system does not rely on force. Participation appears voluntary, routine, even normalized. The cost is visible, yet rarely questioned. Above it all, something larger feeds. Not as a villain, but as a structure sustained by constant input. The flow never stops because it doesn’t need to. It is maintained through habit, convenience, and quiet agreement. One moment of resistance disrupts the pattern, but does not break it. The question is not who built the system. It is why we continue to sustain it.