How to do nothing : resisting the attention economy /
Odell, Jenny, (Multimedia artist)
How to do nothing : resisting the attention economy / Jenny Odell. - New York : Melville House, 2021. - xxiii, 232 pages ; 21 cm.
Originally published: 2019.
After the American presidental election of 2016, Jenny Odell felt so overstimunated and disoriented by information, misinformation, and the expressions of others, that reality itself seemed to slip away. 'How To Do Nothing' is her action plan for resistance. Drawing on the ethos of tech culture, a background in the arts, and personal storytelling, Jenny Odell makes a powerful argument for refusal: refusal to believe that our lives are instruments to be optimised. She argues that nothing can be quite so radical as doing nothing.
9781612198552 (pbk.) : 0.00 1612198554 (pbk.) : 0.00
Information technology--Social aspects.
Reflection (Philosophy)
Attention--Philosophy.
Work--Philosophy.
Arts--Philosophy.
Political participation.
Media Studies.
Media Studies.
Sociology & anthropology.
Political activism.
United States--Politics and government.
HM851
303.4833 ODE
How to do nothing : resisting the attention economy / Jenny Odell. - New York : Melville House, 2021. - xxiii, 232 pages ; 21 cm.
Originally published: 2019.
After the American presidental election of 2016, Jenny Odell felt so overstimunated and disoriented by information, misinformation, and the expressions of others, that reality itself seemed to slip away. 'How To Do Nothing' is her action plan for resistance. Drawing on the ethos of tech culture, a background in the arts, and personal storytelling, Jenny Odell makes a powerful argument for refusal: refusal to believe that our lives are instruments to be optimised. She argues that nothing can be quite so radical as doing nothing.
9781612198552 (pbk.) : 0.00 1612198554 (pbk.) : 0.00
Information technology--Social aspects.
Reflection (Philosophy)
Attention--Philosophy.
Work--Philosophy.
Arts--Philosophy.
Political participation.
Media Studies.
Media Studies.
Sociology & anthropology.
Political activism.
United States--Politics and government.
HM851
303.4833 ODE