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—and overdrawn—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’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. Provocative, timely, and utterly
persuasive, this book will change how you see your place in our world.
Hardback version
How To Do Nothing : Resisting the Attention Economy - Jenny Odell
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