Designing organizations for an information-rich world.¶
Simon, H. A. (1971). Designing organizations for an information-rich world. Computers, Communications, and the Public Interest.
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- Attention
This sourceCoins the attention-economy idea ("a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention")
- Attentional Capacity
- Simon's (1971) observation that "a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention" frames information ecology as an attentional-capacity-allocation problem.
This sourceSource of the attention-economy formulation — "a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention"
- Simon's (1971) observation that "a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention" frames information ecology as an attentional-capacity-allocation problem.
- Jevons Paradox
- Mediator Availability Constraint
- The availability constraint specifically concerns the structural fact that each expert has a finite capacity to mediate (a master can mentor 2–3 apprentices, not 20) and that capacity is the binding limit to system throughput, paralleling Simon's (1971) observation that "a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention"—expertise, like attention, is bounded by the human carrier, not by the carrier's intent.
This sourceCoining of the attention-economy concept: "a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention"; foundational analogue for treating expert capacity as a finite human resource bounded by carrier, not by motivation or willingness.
- The availability constraint specifically concerns the structural fact that each expert has a finite capacity to mediate (a master can mentor 2–3 apprentices, not 20) and that capacity is the binding limit to system throughput, paralleling Simon's (1971) observation that "a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention"—expertise, like attention, is bounded by the human carrier, not by the carrier's intent.
- Scarcity
- The economist's premise that scarcity forces choice transfers to attention research, explaining why a saturated information environment forces the mind into the same rationing logic that governs a constrained budget: attention must be allocated, every act of attending forecloses attending elsewhere, and the scarce resource (focus) commands a premium that the attention economy monetizes.
This sourceCoining of the attention-economy concept: "a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention"; foundational analogue for treating expert capacity as a finite human resource bounded by carrier, not by motivation or willingness.
- The economist's premise that scarcity forces choice transfers to attention research, explaining why a saturated information environment forces the mind into the same rationing logic that governs a constrained budget: attention must be allocated, every act of attending forecloses attending elsewhere, and the scarce resource (focus) commands a premium that the attention economy monetizes.
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