Stand Out of Our Light: Freedom and Resistance in the Attention Economy

by James Williams

Book Overview

Former 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 110845299X
• ISBN13: 9781108452991
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.9" x 8.9"