Attention Quote by Herbert A. Simon

What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention, and…

— Herbert Simon

“What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention.”

— Jocelyn K. Glei

There is always more information than attention

— Tim Ferriss

“Plenty of information leads to scarcity of attention. When people are overwhelmed with the volume of information confronting them, it is hard to know…

— Joseph Nye

“In an information-rich world, the wealth of information means a dearth of something else: a scarcity of whatever it is that information consumes. What…

— Herbert A. Simon

When information is cheap, attention becomes expensive.

— James Gleick

There is a young and impressionable mind out there that is hungry for information. It has latched on to an electronic tube as its…

— Joan Ganz Cooney

When it comes to how much attention something gets or how much attention it draws, I really kind of just try to expect nothing…

— Tyler Hoechlin

“What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence, a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention and…

— Timothy Ferriss

If we are paying attention to something, it's important. That's how we decide to pay attention. But a communicator can reroute our attention to…

— Robert Cialdini

The attention someone gives to what he or she makes is reflected in the end result, whether it is obvious or not.

— Erik Spiekermann

In the attention economy, anyone trying to connect with an audience must treat the user's time as the ultimate resource.

— Jakob Nielsen