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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- 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."--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxiii, 232 pages
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9781612197494
- Label
- How to do nothing : resisting the attention economy
- Title
- How to do nothing
- Title remainder
- resisting the attention economy
- Statement of responsibility
- Jenny Odell
- 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
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- non fiction
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- Information technology
- Reflection (Philosophy)
- Attention
- Work
- Arts
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- How to do nothing : resisting the attention economy, Jenny Odell
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-218) and index
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- 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
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- rdamedia
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1085144412
- Label
- How to do nothing : resisting the attention economy, Jenny Odell
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-218) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- 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
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1085144412
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