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The Resource How to do nothing : resisting the attention economy, Jenny Odell

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

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How to do nothing : resisting the attention economy
Title
How to do nothing
Title remainder
resisting the attention economy
Statement of responsibility
Jenny Odell
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"A galvanizing critique of the forces vying for our attention--and our personal information--that redefines what we think of as productivity, reconnects us with the environment, and reveals all that we've been too distracted to see about ourselves and our world. Nothing is harder to do these days than nothing. But in a world where our value is determined by our 24/7 data productivity ... doing nothing may be our most important form of resistance. So argues artist and critic Jenny Odell, who sees our attention as the most precious--and overdrawn--resource we have. Once we can start paying a new kind of attention, she writes, we can undertake bolder forms of political action, reimagine our role in the environment, and arrive at more meaningful understandings of happiness and progress. Far from a simple anti-technology screed or back-to-nature meditation, How to Do Nothing is an action plan for thinking outside of the narratives of efficiency and techno-determinism. Provocative, timely, and utterly persuasive, this book is a four-course meal in the age of Soylent."--
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Odell, Jenny
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
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  • Information technology
  • Reflection (Philosophy)
  • Attention
  • Work
  • Arts
Label
How to do nothing : resisting the attention economy, Jenny Odell
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Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-218) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The case for nothing -- The impossibility of retreat -- Anatomy of a refusal -- Exercises in attention -- Ecology of strangers -- Restoring the grounds for thought -- Conclusion : Manifest dismantling
Control code
on1085144412
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
xxiii, 232 pages
Isbn
9781612197494
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1085144412
Label
How to do nothing : resisting the attention economy, Jenny Odell
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-218) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The case for nothing -- The impossibility of retreat -- Anatomy of a refusal -- Exercises in attention -- Ecology of strangers -- Restoring the grounds for thought -- Conclusion : Manifest dismantling
Control code
on1085144412
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
xxiii, 232 pages
Isbn
9781612197494
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1085144412

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