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

By: James Williams
Narrated by: Christopher Ragland
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About this listen

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 recognize 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' 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.

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Starts clear and entertaining and then is thoughtful and in depth enough to be real value

Chapter 6 actually made me laugh in horror

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loved the book! Ideas worth fighting for. well presented by the narrator. Oh! what would an arms race to conquer the empire of the mind look like? Let's use our imagination!

Fantastic!

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Great thesis on how we should switch our attention in the digital world from information to attention.

A must listen for our times

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