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Jenny Odell
Jenny Odell

Jun 19, 2019

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The New Self-Help

The Only Way to Resist the Attention Economy

Quitting Facebook isn’t the answer

This story is part of The New Self-Help: 21 Books for a Better You in the 21st Century.

We live in an age where there are many systemic abuses that should be refused. I propose that one great place to start is the abuse of our attention. Attention…

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artist and author of How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy (Melville House) // www.jennyodell.com

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