The Future of Attention with Serdar Şenel
Podcast · 2026-08-28
A conversation on AI, visual culture and the attention economy.
About the episode
The Attention Conversations is the Stopper podcast about why some things stop us and most things do not. In this episode, a conversation with Serdar Şenel on AI, visual culture and the attention economy.
In this episode
Why attention, not content, became the scarce resource, and what that changes for anyone who makes things to be seen
What "stopping" means psychologically: the difference between being noticed and being looked at
Where predictive AI genuinely helps a designer, and where human measurement still has the final word
How a feed trains us: the rhythm of the thumb and the visuals that break it
The ethics of attention: measuring it without manipulating it
What a more attentive tomorrow could look like for brands, creators and audiences
Why listen
The episode is not a product walkthrough. It is a conversation about the ideas behind Stopper: the Stopper Effect, the shift from reach to attention, and why prediction and human evidence belong together.
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