Do you ever feel like you can't get off of social media, even though it always makes you feel terrible? There's a reason for that -- we live in a new economy, where the most valuable resource is your attention. So advertisers, websites, and social media platforms do everything they can to keep you drawn in, no matter the personal cost to you.

Matt Hershberger is a journalist who spent years as an editor on a website that specialized in holding attention, and has spent years studying the attention economy. In this program, he will go through the history of the attention economy, break down how it works, and give strategies for fighting its worst effects and reclaiming your attention.