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Author Odell, Jenny (Multimedia artist), author.

Title How to do nothing : resisting the attention economy / Jenny Odell.

Publication Info. Brooklyn, NY : Melville House, [2019]
©2019

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 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  303.4833 ODELL    Check Shelf
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 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  303.48 ODELL    DUE 05-15-24
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Description xxiii, 232 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-218) and index.
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.
Summary "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.
We live in a world where our value is determined by our 24/7 data productivity. Odell delivers an action plan to resist capitalist narratives of productivity and techno-determinism. She shows readers that doing nothing may be our most important form of resistance-- and how to become more meaningfully connected in the process. -- adapted from jacket
Subject Information technology -- Social aspects.
Reflection (Philosophy)
Attention -- Philosophy.
Work -- Philosophy.
Arts -- Philosophy.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects.
NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection.
ART / Digital.
Political participation. (OCoLC)fst01069386
Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Other Form: Online version: Odell, Jenny (Multimedia artist), author. How to do nothing Brooklyn, NY : Melville House, [2019] 9781612197500 (DLC) 2019013576
ISBN 9781612197494 (hardcover)
1612197493 (hardcover)
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