SPOS #467 – The Science Of Attention With Ben Parr

Welcome to episode #467 of Six Pixels Of Separation – The Mirum Podcast. Ben Parr leads an interesting life. He’s an award-winning journalist, author, entrepreneur, investor and expert on what it takes to get attention. Parr is the author of Captivology – The Science of Capturing People’s Attention. Why do we pay attention to certain people, products, and ideas? Is there a science behind how these people and brands capture and retain somebody’s attention? He is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of an early-stage venture capital firm, DominateFund, a columnist for Inc. Magazine and a contributor to CNBC. Parr is widely known as a former Editor-at-Large of Mashable, where he wrote more than 2,000 articles on social media and technology, managed Mashable’s editorial team, and interviewed everyone from Ashton Kutcher to Mark Zuckerberg. Enjoy the conversation…

Here it is: Six Pixels Of Separation – The Mirum Podcast – Episode #467 – Host: Mitch Joel.

• Running time: 53:32.
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