The Sirens' Call
Chris Hayes argues that attention has become the most endangered resource of the information age, and that the assault on it has reshaped politics, public discourse, and our relationship to our own minds. The MSNBC primetime host weaves his experience anchoring cable news during the Trump era together with William James on attention as the foundation of selfhood, the history of the celebrity, and reporting on TikTok, X, and the algorithmic feeds that train users to crave the next scroll. Hayes treats attention as a commons being enclosed in real time, and argues that defending it has become as urgent as defending air, water, or public land.
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An MSNBC host argues that attention has become the world's most endangered resource and that defending it is now a political and personal emergency in this 2025 release.
The Sirens' Call was written by Chris Hayes and published in 2025. Hayes is the host of MSNBC's All In and the Why Is This Happening? podcast. The metadata above is correct.
The Sirens' Call is 336 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, The Sirens' Call takes most readers 5 to 7 hours to finish.
The Sirens' Call is a standalone novel by Chris Hayes, not part of a series.
The Sirens' Call is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
