Comments on: The economics of attention http://blog.oddhead.com/2007/01/08/the-economics-of-attention/ Musings of a computer scientist and Yahoo on prediction markets, gambling, and estimating the odds of everything Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:39:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: David Pennock http://blog.oddhead.com/2007/01/08/the-economics-of-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-107 David Pennock Thu, 02 Aug 2007 17:28:41 +0000 http://blog.oddhead.com/2007/01/08/the-economics-of-attention/#comment-107 Addendum: Some readers responded to this post via email with interesting and relevant pointers, including these two papers: <a href="http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=466580" rel="nofollow">Attention Economies</a> <a href="http://www.hpl.hp.com/research/idl/papers/attention/index.html" rel="nofollow">The Economics of Attention: Maximizing User Value in Information Rich Environments</a> Also, <a href="http://bocowgill.com/2007/01/david-pennocks-post-on-attention.html" rel="nofollow">Bo Cowgill responded to this post with some interesting ideas.</a> Addendum:

Some readers responded to this post via email with interesting and relevant pointers, including these two papers:

Attention Economies

The Economics of Attention: Maximizing User Value in Information Rich Environments

Also, Bo Cowgill responded to this post with some interesting ideas.

]]> By: Midas Oracle .ORG » Blog Archive » How to publish a high-quality prediction market blog http://blog.oddhead.com/2007/01/08/the-economics-of-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-106 Midas Oracle .ORG » Blog Archive » How to publish a high-quality prediction market blog Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:38:11 +0000 http://blog.oddhead.com/2007/01/08/the-economics-of-attention/#comment-106 [...] #14. Branch out in an area you have no deep knowledge of, and your readers no interest in —except your main competitor. [...] [...] #14. Branch out in an area you have no deep knowledge of, and your readers no interest in —except your main competitor. [...]

]]> By: Josh Reich http://blog.oddhead.com/2007/01/08/the-economics-of-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Josh Reich Wed, 17 Jan 2007 16:05:09 +0000 http://blog.oddhead.com/2007/01/08/the-economics-of-attention/#comment-105 As someone with an interest in prediction markets, some graduate economics and a Root employee this post is pretty interesting to me. One of the things that attracts me to this space is that attention (in our case, leads) is short lived. You can't store attention -- it's carrying costs are too high. So any forward contract on attention is by default a position in a prediction market. As someone with an interest in prediction markets, some graduate economics and a Root employee this post is pretty interesting to me. One of the things that attracts me to this space is that attention (in our case, leads) is short lived. You can’t store attention — it’s carrying costs are too high. So any forward contract on attention is by default a position in a prediction market.

]]> By: Gordon Rios http://blog.oddhead.com/2007/01/08/the-economics-of-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-104 Gordon Rios Wed, 10 Jan 2007 19:55:31 +0000 http://blog.oddhead.com/2007/01/08/the-economics-of-attention/#comment-104 It's possible that as networking pushes into the third world the value of users' attention as human beings will exceed their value as consumers: http://abandontheweb.blogspot.com/2006/10/humane-network.html It’s possible that as networking pushes into the third world the value of users’ attention as human beings will exceed their value as consumers:

http://abandontheweb.blogspot.com/2006/10/humane-network.html

]]> By: A-Sun http://blog.oddhead.com/2007/01/08/the-economics-of-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-103 A-Sun Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:48:47 +0000 http://blog.oddhead.com/2007/01/08/the-economics-of-attention/#comment-103 Society, Media and Economics have always been controlled how you focus consumers attention. A perfect example is religion. Society, Media and Economics have always been controlled how you focus consumers attention. A perfect example is religion.

]]> By: David Pennock http://blog.oddhead.com/2007/01/08/the-economics-of-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-102 David Pennock Mon, 08 Jan 2007 20:45:41 +0000 http://blog.oddhead.com/2007/01/08/the-economics-of-attention/#comment-102 Thanks -- I didn't know that. Thanks — I didn’t know that.

]]> By: Jeff Hammerbacher http://blog.oddhead.com/2007/01/08/the-economics-of-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-101 Jeff Hammerbacher Mon, 08 Jan 2007 20:12:26 +0000 http://blog.oddhead.com/2007/01/08/the-economics-of-attention/#comment-101 Hey David, Root Markets and Attention Trust are both <a href="http://majestic.typepad.com/" rel="nofollow">Seth Goldstein</a> companies, if you weren't aware. He's definitely been a forward-thinker in this space. Jeff Hey David,

Root Markets and Attention Trust are both Seth Goldstein companies, if you weren’t aware. He’s definitely been a forward-thinker in this space.

Jeff

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