From influencer brain rot to agent brain rot: staying whole in the attention economy
Michael_D_Moor · x · 2026-11-07
Michael Moor observes that we've merely swapped brain rot from dozens of influencers fighting for our attention to brain rot from dozens of agents fighting for it—some people get both.
His point: the defining challenge of our time is feeling whole instead of being sliced into scattered fragments of attention. His remedy is decidedly IRL—play the piano, mow the lawn, talk to people on the street.
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