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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, James (Philosopher)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Distraction (Psychology).

Attention.

Interest (Psychology).

Information technology--Social aspects.

Information technology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 134 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

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.

Contents:

Cover

Half-title

Title page

Copyright information

Dedication

Epigraph

Table of contents

Preface

1 Philosophy for Trolls

Notes

I Distraction by Design

2 The Faulty GPS

3 The Age of Attention

4 Bring your own Boundaries

5 Empires of the Mind

II Clicks against Humanity

6 The Citizen is the Product

7 The Spotlight

8 The Starlight

9 The Daylight

III Freedom of Attention

10 The Ground of First Struggle

11 The Monster and the Bank

12 Marginal People on Marginal Time

13 The Brightest Heaven of Invention

Acknowledgments

Further Reading

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 May 2018).

ISBN:

9781108607445

1108607446

9781108569491

1108569498

9781108453004

1108453007

OCLC:

1034627851