Attention Management · Feb 2026
Attention Economy
In a world of infinite information, attention is the only thing that doesn't scale. Every format that wastes
it is an act of cognitive theft.
01/Definition
Economics
= Attention Economy: Treating human
attention as a finite, high-value economic resource.
= A wealth of information creates a
poverty of attention.
02/The Attention Tax
INFLATION
- 5-page prose
report: 15 min reading, only 3 facts retained.
- 60-min meeting: 5
min of signal, 55 min of social/structural noise.
- AI Analysis: 2000
words of filler hiding 30 sec of actual value.
! Every second spent decoding format is
a second stolen from actual thinking.
03/CLN: The Low-Tax Format
Efficiency
+ High Density: 30
lines of CLN provide the same data as 5 pages of prose.
+ Pre-attentive
Filtering: Operators (like !) allow the eye to find critical
signal in 5 seconds.
+ Zero-Deciphering:
Structured hierarchy makes relationships explicit without prose explanation.
* The best format is the one that
steals the least attention.
04/Simon's Law
= CLN is the deliberate attempt to
re-balance Simon's Law through semantic compression.