EAN: 9780241810965

THE FRIENDS OF ATTENTION ATTENSITY!

'Pay attention: If you are human  you must read this book' Jaron Lanier  We all feel it:
something is seriously wrong. Our attention-that essential ability to give our minds and senses
to the world-is being trapped  gutted  and sold out from under us by an industry of immense
technological and financial power. The heedless exploitation of this vital capacity by a
handful of tech companies is harming us all  reducing our very selfhood to that which can be
quantified  bought  and sold-and shaking the foundations of our democracy.  To push back
against this 'human fracking "'we need more than individual willpower or isolated efforts. We
need a movement of collective resistance. Such a movement is beginning to bloom  and in this
radical  first-of-its-kind guide  The Friends of Attention show us how to join the fight. We
meet welders  nurses  poets  and surfers  all of whom are engaged in attentional practices. We
learn to seek out sanctuaries-theatres and museums  houses of worship  dance parties-where
together we can take refuge from the frackers. Drawing on a rich legacy of critical
intellectuals and the creative wisdom of diverse traditions  Attensity! takes our apocalyptic
present  turns it on its head  and reveals new vistas of human flourishing.

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