Stand Out of Our Light: Freedom and Resistance in the Attention EconomyFormer 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
Preface page xi | |
The Faulty GPS 7 | |
Bring your own Boundaries 17 | |
Empires of the Mind 26 | |
The Citizen is the Product 43 | |
The Starlight 55 | |
The Daylight 68 | |
The Ground of First Struggle 87 | |
Marginal People on Marginal Time 106 | |
The Brightest Heaven of Invention 125 | |
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Stand out of our Light: Freedom and Resistance in the Attention Economy James Williams Limited preview - 2018 |
Stand out of our Light: Freedom and Resistance in the Attention Economy James Williams Limited preview - 2018 |
Stand Out of Our Light: Freedom and Resistance in the Attention Economy James Williams Limited preview - 2018 |
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