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008			190116s2019 nyu b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2018056005
020			_a9781612197494 (hardback)
040			_aDLC _beng _cDLC _erda _dDLC _dAU
042			_apcc
049			_aAlfaisal Main Library
050	0	0	_aHM851 _b.O374 2019
100	1		_aOdell, Jenny _c(Multimedia artist), _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aHow to do nothing : _bresisting the attention economy / _cJenny Odell.
260			_c©2019
264		1	_aBrooklyn, NY : _bMelville House, _c©2019
300			_axxiii, 232 pages ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 207-218) and index.
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 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"--
520			_a"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"--
650		0	_aInformation technology _xSocial aspects.
650		0	_aReflection (Philosophy)
650		0	_aAttention _xPhilosophy.
650		0	_aWork _xPhilosophy.
650		0	_aArts _xPhilosophy.
650		7	_aTECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aNATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aART / Digital. _2bisacsh
655		0	_2local _94 _aPrint books.
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aOdell, Jenny (Multimedia artist), author. _tHow to do nothing _dBrooklyn, NY : Melville House, [2019] _z9781612197500 _w(DLC) 2019013576
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