Why getting attention is nearly impossible in the age of AI
tristanbob · x · 2026-08-31
The author argues that getting anyone's attention is nearly impossible right now because you are competing not just with daily work and personal commitments, but also with background AI agents running constantly. Traditional cold emailing skills and automations are failing, and even warm introductions are losing effect. The only hope lies in offering incentives that are hard to beat and solving real problems.
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