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\u201cOf course, the larger context for such visual saturation lies beyond exhibition culture. The pressure placed upon the human capacity to digest information is an inevitable outcome of the attention economy, in which businesses compete for consumers\u2019 consideration, as measured by clicks on pop-ups, sponsored posts, personalized offers, etc. In this marketplace, the supply of information isn\u2019t lacking; what\u2019s scarce is the limited reserve of human attention.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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