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Odell, Jenny (Multimedia artist)
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Information technology -- Social aspects.
Attention -- Philosophy.
Work -- Philosophy.
Arts -- Philosophy.
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Odell, Jenny (Multimedia artist)
Information technology -- Social aspects.
Attention -- Philosophy.
Work -- Philosophy.
Arts -- Philosophy.
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How to do nothing : resisting the
attention
economy / Jenny Odell.
by
Odell, Jenny (Multimedia artist)
Melville House, 2019.
Call #:
303.484 O23h
Subjects
Information technology
--
Social aspects.
Attention
--
Philosophy
.
Work
--
Philosophy
.
Arts
--
Philosophy
.
ISBN:
9781612197494 (hc.)
Description:
xxiii, 232 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
The case for nothing
--
The impossibility of retreat
--
Anatomy of a refusal
--
Exercises in
attention
--
Ecology of strangers
--
Restroing the ground for thought
--
Conclusion : manifest dismantling.
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 in this field guide to doing nothing (at least as capitalism defines it). Odell 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 humankind's role in the environment, and arrive at more meaningful understandings of happiness and progress. Far from the simple anti-technology creed, 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. Provocative, timely, and utterly persuasive, this book is a four-course meal in the age of Soylent."--From publisher.
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