human fracking
The use of information technology to exploit human attention in ways that are net…The use of information technology to exploit human attention in ways that are net counterproductive to the persons thus exploited (because whatever benefit they receive from it, if any, is outweighed by the costs imposed on them, in terms of side effects and externalities).
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)The use of information technology to exploit human attention in ways that are net counterproductive to the persons thus exploited (because whatever benefit they receive from it, if any, is outweighed by the costs imposed on them, in terms of side effects and externalities).
Origin
Metaphorical; modeled after human trafficking and fracking; attested since the mid-2020s.Metaphorical; modeled after human trafficking and fracking; attested since the mid-2020s.
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