Attention economics, artificial intelligence, and the future of the planning profession
Published online on July 28, 2025
Abstract
Planning Theory, Volume 25, Issue 2, Page 183-199, May 2026.
Attention economics concerns itself with the study of the allocation of attention, conceptualized as a scarce resource. In this essay I relate fundamental insights from attention economics to recent advances in a specific type of artificial intelligence ...
Attention economics concerns itself with the study of the allocation of attention, conceptualized as a scarce resource. In this essay I relate fundamental insights from attention economics to recent advances in a specific type of artificial intelligence ...