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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... Title Page 2 Copyright 4 Dedication 5 Contents 6 Introduction: Surviving Usefulness 7 Chapter 1: The Case for Nothing 21 Chapter 2: The Impossibility of Retreat 46 Chapter 3: Anatomy of a Refusal 76 Chapter 4: Exercises in Attention 106 Chapter

Author

Jenny Odell

Publisher

Melville House

Language

EN