
Peter Schmidt
Program director at the Struthers School of Radical Attention and co-editor of Attensity, an organizer and writer focused on the politics of attention and critiques of the attention economy.
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Mar 25, 2026 • 37min
Human Fracking and the Design of Creative Freedom
Peter Schmidt, program director at the Struthers School of Radical Attention and co-editor of Attensity, explores how platforms mine and fragment our attention. Cassie McDaniel, VP of Design at Medium and seasoned product designer, reveals how organizations can protect messy creative work with trust, constraints, and relational leadership. They examine attention extraction, design ethics, and structures that enable creative freedom.


