Week 8 of 1320 Jul – 26 Jul
Media & technology
“Attention is a raw resource — and you're selling it.”
Social media, AI, attention economy. Write without moralising.
📐 Grammar focus this week
Passive voice — when to demote the agent, when not to.
Anchor piece · extended essay
The attention economy
300 words · ~25 min
Write a 300-word essay on what's at stake when apps are designed to harvest your attention. Use one specific app's mechanic as a concrete example. Avoid both moral panic and 'it's fine, just be balanced'.
Write the anchor piece →All sessions this week
Tip: write the anchor piece on day 3-4 of the week, with 1-2 sprints beforehand to warm up and phrases or speaking afterwards to process what you wrote.