If capitalism rewards “value,”
why does it reward attention-grabbing noise more than competence?
The premise is flawed in its foundational definition. Capitalism does not reward "value" in the static, intrinsic sense of objective competence. It rewards *validated utility*. Attention is not the antithesis of utility; in the modern informational epoch, attention is the **mechanism of validation** and the necessary **cost of discovery.**
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