Stand out of our light : freedom and resistance in the attention economy / James Williams, Universit...
Stand out of our light : freedom and resistance in the attention economy / James Williams, Universit...
Stand out of our light : freedom and resistance in the attention economy / James Williams, University of Oxford.
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Publisher
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
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G 2019/0972
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Language
English
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Physical content
xv, 134 pages ; 23 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
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 -- II. Freedom of attention. The groun...
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Publisher
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2018.
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Summary
Former Google advertising executive, 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 o...
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Stand out of our light : freedom and resistance in the attention economy / James Williams, University of Oxford.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2019/0972
Record Identifier
74VKVya3qjR3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVya3qjR3
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ISBN
110845299X (paperback ; alkaline paper)
9781108429092 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
1108429092 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
9781108452991 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
DDC
153.733
MMS ID
991024232802002626
