Книга “Infinite Distraction” от группы авторов представляет собой исследование темы бесконечных отвлекающих факторов, которые мешают нам достичь наших целей и мечтаний. Авторы рассматривают различные аспекты нашей жизни, такие как социальные сети, технологии, развлечения и другие, и исследуют их влияние на нашу способность к концентрации и продуктивности.
Книга содержит множество практических советов и стратегий, которые помогут читателю уменьшить количество отвлекающих факторов в своей жизни и повысить свою продуктивность. Авторы также рассказывают о том, как управлять своим временем и использовать технологии для повышения эффективности работы.
“Infinite Distraction” - это книга, которая поможет читателю понять, как избежать бесконечных отвлечений и достичь своих целей. Она будет полезна как для тех, кто хочет улучшить свою продуктивность, так и для тех, кто ищет способы уменьшить количество времени, потраченного на социальные сети и развлечения.
It is often held that modern media homogenizes our thoughts and attitudes, with the effect that we arguably lack awareness of the limitations it imposes on us. But what happens when the problem isn't that everyone moves in lockstep along the path we choose or at the moment we decide, but instead we all swirl away, debating infinitely about how to feel? And what if what we have dubbed 'social media' is really a piece of software whose purpose is to regulate the interactions we run through? Sometimes while we're seeing exactly what one member of society thinks about perceived wrongs or fails to take responsibility for occurrences, the other person might be whooping madly over cats on YouTube. Or two hours later, the tables turn. At any given moment, there's muttering discontent which powers social change, but it seems to meander away from the face of the tabled wikipedia article. Rather like water trickling past an obstacle into a puddle, where sometimes it might splash angrily against the wood it's heading for, but then in a flash retreat across the floor, only to disappear into the toilet bowl. Where it utterly vanishes. It's hardly likely any real threat would arise from such a system. Dominic Pettmann explores an idea here, 'hypermoderation'; a deliberate system designed into the current media environment itself. He questions the restrictive diktates of narrative which explain the Social Web as a hostile infiltrating force in the public consciousness, one that imprisoned us in an endless loop of clicks and views. This highly compelling insight aims to wrench us from our fond embrace of technology's seemingly limitless ability to distract us and encourage us to approach how we might penetrate its potential warp speed and translate them into politics. Campaigning on smaller scales for LUNCH.
Электронная Книга «Infinite Distraction» написана автором Группа авторов в году.
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Язык: Английский
ISBN: 9781509502288
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It is often argued that contemporary media homogenize our thoughts and actions, without us being fully aware of the restrictions they impose. But what if the problem is not that we are all synchronized to the same motions or moments, but rather dispersed into countless different emotional micro-experiences? What if the effect of so-called social media is to calibrate the interactive spectacle so that we never fully feel the same way as other potential allies at the same time? While one person is fuming about economic injustice or climate change denial, another is giggling at a cute cat video. And, two hours late, vice versa. The nebulous indignation which constitutes the very fuel of true social change can be redirected safely around the network, avoiding any dangerous surges of radical activity. In this short and provocative book, Dominic Pettman examines the deliberate deployment of what he calls 'hypermodulation,' as a key strategy encoded into the contemporary media environment. His account challenges the various narratives that portray social media as a sinister space of synchronized attention, in which we are busily clicking ourselves to death. This critical reflection on the unprecedented power of the Internet requires us to rethink the potential for infinite distraction that our latest technologies now allow.
