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THE FRIENDS OF ATTENTION ATTENSITY!

A rallying cry to fight the commodification of human attention  with the tools we need to
reclaim our humanity  by a group of writers  artists  and activists in the vanguard of the
movement   “A stirring battle cry on behalf of our shared humanity against the forces that seek
to diminish and degrade it. Downright invigorating. Just what the moment calls for.”—Chris
Hayes  author of The Sirens’ Call   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—theaters and
museums  houses of worship  dance parties—where together we can take refuge from the frackers.
Attention Activism takes our apocalyptic present  turns it on its head  and reveals new vistas
of human flourishing.  Drawing on a rich legacy of critical intellectuals and the creative
wisdom of diverse traditions  Attensity! calls on us to come together to defeat the greedy
dehumanizing forces of brute instrumentalization—and re-enchant the world.

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