English Explanatory Dictionary

human fracking

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The use of information technology to exploit human attention in ways that are net counterproductive to the persons thus exploited (because whatever benefit they receive from it, if any, is outweighed by the costs imposed on them, in terms of side effects and externalities).

Word forms

human fracking

Etymology

Metaphorical; modeled after human trafficking and fracking; attested since the mid-2020s.

Related words

attention economy doomscrolling enshittification ragebait smartphone zombie touch grass
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