02001cam a2200421 i 4500 382584662 ER5 20190520120000.0 190116s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2018056005 9781612197494 1612197493 (OCoLC)1085144412 ER5 rda Odell, Jenny. How to do nothing : resisting the attention economy / Jenny Odell. Brooklyn : Melville House, [2019] ©2019. xxiii, 232 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction: Surviving usefulness -- 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. "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. 20190520. Information technology Social aspects. Reflection (Philosophy.) Attention Philosophy. Arts Philosophy. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects. NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection. ART / Digital. Political participation. Politics and government. United States. WORK Philosophy.