{"product_id":"how-to-do-nothing-resisting-the-attention-economy-1","title":"How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy","description":"** A New York Times Bestseller **\n\nNAMED 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 Library\n\n\"A complex, smart and ambitious book that at first reads like a self-help manual, then blossoms into a wide-ranging political manifesto.\"—Jonah Engel Bromwich, The New York Times Book Review\n\nOne of President Barack Obama's \"Favorite Books of 2019\"\nPorchlight's Personal Development \u0026amp; Human Behavior Book of the Year\n\nIn 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.\n\nOdell sees our attention as the most precious—and overdrawn—resource 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 humankind’s role in the environment, and arrive at more meaningful understandings of happiness and progress.\n\nFar 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 will change how you see your place in our world.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1612197493\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.1612197493.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Odell, Jenny\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Pages are clean with no markings. May show minor signs of wear or cosmetic defects  marks, cuts, bends, or scuffs  on the cover, spine, pages, or dust jacket. May have remainder marks on edges.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41509404508218,"sku":"DBV.1612197493.VG","price":7.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1612197493-0_bbe39a01-0b5d-41c2-95e8-e1cfaa92a4cf.jpg?v=1783402069","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/how-to-do-nothing-resisting-the-attention-economy-1","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}