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Who profits from attention, how focus becomes commodity, and what happens to thinking when presence is sold by the millisecond

How the same ideas transform when adapted across digital platforms — and what that reveals about the relationship between form and meaning

The Digital Pathology Lab Clinical Analysis of Failed Digital Interactions Case studies in the breakdown of human-computer interface Clinical Overview The Digital Pathology Lab documents recurring patterns of interface-induced dysfunction: compulsive engagement, attention fragmentation, phantom sensory experiences. These represent not individual pathology but systemic design failures — interfaces optimized for engagement metrics rather than human wellbeing. Case Study 1: Phantom Vibration Syndrome ICD-D Code: 42.1 | Prevalence: 68% of smartphone users