resisting the attention economy Odell, Jenny (Multimedia artist) creator author. text bibliography Print books. nyu ©2019 2019 monographic eng

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xxiii, 232 pages ; 22 cm "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 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 is a four-course meal in the age of Soylent"-- "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"-- Jenny Odell. Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-218) and index. Information technology Social aspects Reflection (Philosophy) Attention Philosophy Work Philosophy Arts Philosophy TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection ART / Digital HM851 .O374 2019 Odell, Jenny (Multimedia artist), author. Brooklyn, NY : Melville House, [2019] (DLC) 2019013576 9781612197494 (hardback) 2018056005 DLC 190116 20191216094254.0 20811049 eng