{"product_id":"how-to-do-nothing-resisting-the-attention-economy","title":"How To Do Nothing: Resisting The Attention Economy","description":"\u003cp\u003e** A New York Times Bestseller **Named One Of The Best Books Of The Year By: Time  The New Yorker  Npr  Gq  Elle  Vulture  Fortune  Boing Boing  The Irish Times  The New York Public Library  The Brooklyn Public LibraryA Complex, Smart And Ambitious Book That At First Reads Like A Selfhelp Manual, Then Blossoms Into A Wideranging Political Manifesto.Jonah Engel Bromwich, The New York Times Book Reviewone Of President Barack Obama'S Favorite Books Of 2019Porchlight'S Personal Development \u0026amp; Human Behavior Book Of The Yearin A World Where Addictive Technology Is Designed To Buy And Sell Our Attention, And Our Value Is Determined By Our 24\/7 Data Productivity, It Can Seem Impossible To Escape. But In This Inspiring Field Guide To Dropping Out Of The Attention Economy, Artist And Critic Jenny Odell Shows Us How We Can Still Win Back Our Lives.Odell Sees Our Attention As The Most Preciousand Overdrawnresource We Have. And We Must Actively And Continuously Choose How We Use It. We Might Not Spend It On Things That Capitalism Has Deemed Important  But Once We Can Start Paying A New Kind Of Attention, She Writes, We Can Undertake Bolder Forms Of Political Action, Reimagine Humankinds Role In The Environment, And Arrive At More Meaningful Understandings Of Happiness And Progress.Far From The Simple Antitechnology Screed, Or The Backtonature Meditation We Read So Often, How To Do Nothing Is An Action Plan For Thinking Outside Of Capitalist Narratives Of Efficiency And Technodeterminism. Provocative, Timely, And Utterly Persuasive, This Book Will Change How You See Your Place In Our World.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Melville House Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47087570583797,"sku":"SONG1612198554","price":9.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/5804\/8501\/files\/91NZ_IdpDDL.jpg?v=1759385122","url":"https:\/\/ergodebooks.com\/products\/how-to-do-nothing-resisting-the-attention-economy","provider":"Ergodebooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}