Stand out of our light : freedom and resistance in the attention economy / James Williams, University of Oxford.

By:

Williams, James

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018Description: xiii, 134 pages ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781108452991 (paperback : alk. paper)
110845299X (paperback : alk. paper)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

153.7/33 23

LOC classification:

BF 323 W724s 2018

Contents:

Preface -- Philosophy for trolls -- I. Distraction by design. The faulty GPS -- The age of attention -- Bring your own boundaries -- Empires of the mind -- II. Clicks against humanity. The citizen is the product -- The spotlight -- The starlight -- The daylight -- III. Freedom of attention. The ground of first struggle -- The monster and the bank -- Marginal people on marginal time -- The brightest heaven of invention.

Summary: Former Google advertising strategist, now Oxford-trained philosopher James Williams launches a plea to society and to the tech industry to help ensure that the technology we all carry with us every day does not distract us from pursuing our true goals in life. As information becomes ever more plentiful, the resource that is becoming more scarce is our attention. In this 'attention economy', we need to recognise the fundamental impacts of our new information environment on our lives in order to take back control. Drawing on insights ranging from Diogenes to contemporary tech leaders, Williams's thoughtful and impassioned analysis is sure to provoke discussion and debate. Williams is the inaugural winner of the Nine Dots Prize, a new Prize for creative thinking that tackles contemporary social issues. This title is also available as Open Access.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Humanidades	Humanidades (4to. Piso)	BF 323 W724s 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00000122529

Includes bibliographical references (pages 131) and index.

Preface --
Philosophy for trolls --
I. Distraction by design. The faulty GPS --
The age of attention --
Bring your own boundaries --
Empires of the mind --
II. Clicks against humanity. The citizen is the product --
The spotlight --
The starlight --
The daylight --
III. Freedom of attention. The ground of first struggle --
The monster and the bank --
Marginal people on marginal time --
The brightest heaven of invention.

Former Google advertising strategist, now Oxford-trained philosopher James Williams launches a plea to society and to the tech industry to help ensure that the technology we all carry with us every day does not distract us from pursuing our true goals in life. As information becomes ever more plentiful, the resource that is becoming more scarce is our attention. In this 'attention economy', we need to recognise the fundamental impacts of our new information environment on our lives in order to take back control. Drawing on insights ranging from Diogenes to contemporary tech leaders, Williams's thoughtful and impassioned analysis is sure to provoke discussion and debate. Williams is the inaugural winner of the Nine Dots Prize, a new Prize for creative thinking that tackles contemporary social issues. This title is also available as Open Access.

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