Equation 2 · Part 1 · When Generation Becomes Free, Attention Becomes the Scarce Good
Symbol t
What this part means
t is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.
Its job in the formula
t is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.
Full expression→Symbol t→Article meaning
The passage around this formula
An accounting identity makes the consequence visible. Let be the number of claims placed before some audience in period t , let be that audience’s total attention budget, and let be the average attention cost of verifying one claim. The number of claims that can be verified, and the fraction of what arrives that is actually checked, are then
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