We chat about “human fracking,” how little we actually know about human attention, and the growing Attention Liberation Movement – a radical idea of agency that you’re probably already practicing! In Falcon Mode, we discuss platforms to strengthen renters’ rights. All the books we’ve mentioned in this episode:<a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/attensity-a-manifesto-of-the-attention-liberation-movement/fd52281dbcd359fc" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Attensity! by the Friends of Attention</a><a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/mutual-aid-building-solidarity-during-this-crisis-and-the-next-dean-spade/6d964062e8ba8054" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mutual Aid by Dean Spade</a><a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/how-to-do-nothing-resisting-the-attention-economy-jenny-odell/4eb2c2b6a7463e01" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell</a><a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-shock-doctrine-the-rise-of-disaster-capitalism-naomi-klein/7bc48ede0635cd6a" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein</a><a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/vulture-capitalism-corporate-crimes-backdoor-bailouts-and-the-death-of-freedom-grace-blakeley/66780111c39fa663" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Vulture Capitalism by Grace Blakely</a><a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/twilight-of-democracy-the-seductive-lure-of-authoritarianism-anne-applebaum/7f9343b67c1e2894" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Twilight of Democracy by Anne Applebaum</a>We’d love to hear from you. Email us at <a href="mailto:heyactuallyuseful@gmail.com" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">heyactuallyuseful@gmail.com</a> or find us on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/actuallyusefulpod" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@actuallyusefulpod" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TikTok</a> (reluctantly).

Meta’s Exploitation of Kids Has No Limit

Why do so many once-beloved internet platforms end up toxic, predatory, and unusable? In an age where tech giants have monopolized our attention, privacy, and livelihoods, how can individuals claw back some agency? 

Every other Thursday, Actually Useful co-hosts Ariel and Josh talk with creators of radically useful consumer tech to explore what it takes to build and protect the loveliest parts of the internet. If you’re exhausted by parasitic products and feel trapped in an ecosystem of unethical, undelightful tech, this one’s for you.