UNLOCKED: Book Club: Tim Wu's The Attention Merchants

Physical Attraction by Thomas

Feb 8, 202236:48Science & Medicine

A new episode released from behind the Patreon paywall. This episode, we'll review and discuss some of the issues raised by Tim Wu's The Attention Merchants, a book that details the history of the advertising industry.

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