Research Report · DRI-RP-2024-00

The Perception Economy

Incentives, attention, and the architecture of belief.

Summary

Incentives, attention, and the architecture of belief.

Research Report DRI-RP-2024-00 examines perception and attention through the institute's public-interest lens: how technical systems change agency, trust, memory, and shared reality.

Research context

This publication is part of Drifting Reality Institute's ongoing archive of research, essays, guides, and public analysis. It connects product analysis with civic questions about consent, contestability, identity, and institutional accountability.

Where real companies or products are discussed, the analysis is based on public materials, observable interface patterns, and clearly identified interpretation rather than claims about private intent.