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008			210210s2019 nyu b 001 0 eng d
010			_a 2018056005
020			_a9781612197494 (hardcover)
020			_a1612197493 (hardcover)
020			_a9781612198552 (paperback)
020			_a1612198554 (paperback)
035			_a(OCoLC)1085144412
050			_aHM851 _b.O34 2019
100	1		_aOdell, Jenny _c(Multimedia artist)
245	1	0	_aHow to do nothing : _bresisting the attention economy / _cJenny Odell.
260			_aBrooklyn, NY : _bMelville House, _c2019.
300			_axxiii, 232 p.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 207-218) and index.
505	0		_aThe 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.
520			_a"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."
650		4	_aInformation technology _xSocial aspects.
650		4	_aReflection (Philosophy)
650		4	_aAttention _xPhilosophy.
650		4	_aWork _xPhilosophy.
650		4	_aArts _xPhilosophy.
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