Bibliograph

How to do nothing, resisting the attention economy, Jenny Odell

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How to do nothing, resisting the attention economy, Jenny Odell

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-218) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

How to do nothing

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1085144412

Responsibility statement

Jenny Odell

Sub title

resisting the attention economy

Summary

In a world where addictive technology is designed to buy and sell our attention, and our value is determined by our 24/7 data productivity, it can seem impossible to escape. But in this inspiring field guide to dropping out of the attention economy, artist and critic Jenny Odell shows us how we can still win back our lives. Odell sees our attention as the most precious{u2014}and overdrawn{u2014}resource we have. And we must actively and continuously choose how we use it. We might not spend it on things that capitalism has deemed important, but once we can start paying a new kind of attention, she writes, we can undertake bolder forms of political action, reimagine humankind{u2019}s role in the environment, and arrive at more meaningful understandings of happiness and progress. Far from the simple anti-technology screed, or the back-to-nature meditation we read so often, How to do Nothing is an action plan for thinking outside of capitalist narratives of efficiency and techno-determinism

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Resisting the attention economy

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