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Stand out of our LightFreedom and Resistance in the Attention Economy
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Book descriptionFormer 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. Reviews‘A very insightful and perceptive analysis of one of the crucial issues of our age: how we spend our time in the infosphere. It will be the starting point for anyone who wishes to create a better future.' Luciano Floridi - University of Oxford ‘In the Arab Spring, technology helped us topple a dictator - and then it tore us apart. The competition for attention poses a fundamental problem for today's society, and no one has gone deeper into this issue than James Williams. If you care about the future of society, pay attention to this book.’ Wael Ghonim - internet activist 'Passionate, provocative, personal and funny! Drawing on philosophy and video games, ancient literature and current science, Stand out of our Light helps us to see what's currently happening to the human experience and how we can take back control.' David Runciman - University of Cambridge 'On the contemporary attention crisis, there is no writer who has thought deeper on it than Williams. His pivotal insight is the recognition that attention is the fuel of our lives, the ingredient essential to any self-chosen goal. Reading this refreshing and rejuvenating book will make you think hard about how life should be lived.' Tim Wu - Columbia University, New York ‘A landmark book.’ Source: The Observer 'Mr Williams compares the current design of our technology to 'an entire army of jets and tanks' aimed at capturing and keeping our attention. And the army is winning. We spend the day transfixed by our screens, thumb twitching in the subways and elevators, glancing at traffic lights.' Source: The New York Times 'Stand Out of Our Light is a prime example of philosophy at its most illuminating.' Achas Burin Source: Balliol College Annual Record 2018 Save SearchYou can save your searches here and later view and run them again in "My saved searches".
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Select Stand Out of Our Light - Title page
Select Copyright page
Select Dedication
Select Epigraph
Select Contents
Select Preface
Select About the Nine Dots Prize
Select 1 - Philosophy for Trolls
Select I - Distraction by Design
Select 2 - The Faulty GPS
Select 3 - The Age of Attention
Select 4 - Bring your own Boundaries
Select 5 - Empires of the Mind
Select II - Clicks against Humanity
Select 6 - The Citizen is the Product
Select 7 - The Spotlight
Select 8 - The Starlight
Select 9 - The Daylight
Select III - Freedom of Attention
Select 10 - The Ground of First Struggle
Select 11 - The Monster and the Bank
Select 12 - Marginal People on Marginal Time
Select 13 - The Brightest Heaven of Invention
Select Acknowledgments
Select Further Reading
Select Index
References
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