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POLL EXCLUSIVE: A new poll carried out for POLITICO by Redfield and Wilton Strategies shows Britons remain highly cautious of the coronavirus and are continuing to take significant personal precautions following “freedom day” possibly helping to explain the recent fall in COVID cases. In a sign that the public is still very wary of the virus, 46 percent of the 1,500 Brits polled on Thursday think Boris Johnson lifted restrictions too soon on July 19, while only 33 percent think it was the right time to open up.
Following the rules: The poll suggests compliance with isolation rules remains high despite the so-called pingdemic, which has seen millions stuck at home. Some 78 percent of Britons said they would fully isolate if pinged because they’d come into contact with a COVID case. Just 10 percent said they wouldn’t isolate if asked. These numbers could provide some evidence that, as some in government suspect, the large number of peopl
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The Convivial Society
The Convivial Society: Vol. 2, No. 6
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“Attention discourse” is how I usually refer to the proliferation of essays, articles, talks, and books around the problem of attention (or, alternatively, distraction) in the age of digital media. While there have been important precursors to digital age attention discourse dating back to the 19th century, I’d say the present iteration probably kicked off around 2008 with Nick Carr’s essay in the
Atlantic, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” And while disinformation discourse has supplanted its place in the public imagination over the past few years, attention discourse is alive and well.