Charlie McHenry<p>As of September 2025, approximately 170 million Americans spend, on average, one hour every day in an app that is designed to maximize psychological grip. While Congress fixates on TikTok’s data collection usages, what hasn’t received enough attention is how the platform has successfully industrialized human attention itself. Where earlier media relied on polished narratives (films with arcs, shows with seasons), TikTok turned culture into a never-ending feedback loop of impulse and machine learning. <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/TikTok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TikTok</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psychology</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/BrainDeath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrainDeath</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.thenexus.media/tiktok-won-now-everything-is-60-seconds/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thenexus.media/tiktok-won-now-</span><span class="invisible">everything-is-60-seconds/</span></a></p>