How to Do Nothing
Resisting the Attention Economy
Brooklyn, NY : Melville House, [2019]
Format: Book
Description: xxiii, 232 pages ; 22 cm
"When the technologies we use every day collapse our experiences into 24/7 availability, platforms for personal branding, and products to be monetized, nothing can be quite so radical as . . . doing nothing. Here, Jenny Odell sends up a flare from the heart of Silicon Valley, delivering an action plan to resist capitalist narratives of productivity and techno-determinism, and to become more meaningfully connected in the process"-- Provided by publisher.
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.
Subjects:
Information technology -- Social aspects.
Reflection (Philosophy)
Attention -- Philosophy.
Work -- Philosophy.
Arts -- Philosophy.
Information technology -- Social aspects.
Reflection (Philosophy)
Attention -- Philosophy.
Work -- Philosophy.
Arts -- Philosophy.
ISBN:
9781612197494
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| SOCIAL SCI Ode | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
| SOCIAL SCI Ode | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
| SOCIAL SCI Ode | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Nonfiction | Out (Due: 10/13/2023) |
| SOCIAL SCI Ode | Southeast | Nonfiction | In |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-218) and index.
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