Attention theft refers to the intrusion on a person’s attention by unwanted and unauthorized text, sounds, or images.
Attention theft指一个人的精力或注意力被不需要以及未经授权的文字、声音或图像信息所侵扰的情况,我们可称之为“注意力盗用”。
The Internet is the worst polluter of all. Spam isn’t even pollution, it’s attention theft. But even legitimate email is typically copied to more people than necessary and contaminated by excess verbiage and endless reply loops.
互联网是最大的污染者。垃圾信息连污染都算不上,它们其实是“精力盗用”。不过,就算是合情合理的邮件往来也因为被抄送给了很多不必要的人而导致更多人被冗余的空洞措辞和无休止的回复所侵扰。