What does your feed know about you? And how much of what you like did it help you discover? How does a quick check of your phone turn into twenty minutes of watching videos you never meant to watch? Join us for an interactive workshop about the attention economy: how platforms compete for our time and how their design can shape what we notice, enjoy and compare ourselves to. We’ll explore why the possibility of seeing something good keeps us scrolling, then see how many “attention traps” we can spot in a typical day in Shanghai. Some will be obvious; others might be habits you’ve never thought to question.

Through playful critical thinking activities, we’ll compare what pulls us in, challenge each other’s assumptions and ask which digital habits give us more than they take. What’s worth making time for, and what could we happily miss? Expect lively discussion, funny moments of recognition and practical ideas for giving more of your attention to the things you care about. No tech or psychology knowledge is needed, just curiosity about where your time goes and how you’d rather spend it.

你的信息流对你了解多少？你喜欢的那些东西里，有多少是它帮你发现的？本来只是想快速看一眼手机，怎么就成了二十分钟看你根本没打算看的视频？跟着我们来参加一场互动工作坊吧，聊注意力经济：平台是怎么争抢我们的时间的，它们的设计又是怎么塑造我们注意到什么、喜欢什么、跟什么比较的。我们会聊聊为什么“说不定能刷到好东西”这个可能性让我们一直往下滑，然后看看在上海普通的一天里，我们能找出多少个“注意力陷阱”。有些很明显；另一些可能是你从来没想过要质疑的习惯。

通过一些好玩的批判性思维活动，我们会比较是什么把我们吸进去、挑战彼此的假设，也会问哪些数字习惯给我们的比拿走的更多。什么值得花时间，什么其实错过了也无所谓？会有热闹的讨论、好笑的“我也这样”的时刻，还有一些实用的小想法，让你把更多注意力放到自己真正在乎的事情上。不需要任何科技或心理学知识，只要对“你的时间都去哪了”和“你更想怎么花”有点好奇就行。