Ethics of the Attention Economy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ethics of the Attention Economy write by Vikram R. Bhargava. This book was released on 2020. Ethics of the Attention Economy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Social media companies commonly design their platforms in a way that renders them addictive. Some governments have declared internet addiction a major public health concern, and the World Health Organization has characterized excessive internet use as a growing problem. Our article shows why scholars, policy makers, and the managers of social media companies should treat social media addiction as a serious moral problem. While the benefits of social media are not negligible, we argue that social media addiction raises unique ethical concerns not raised by other, more familiar addictive products, such as alcohol and cigarettes. In particular, we argue that addicting users to social media is impermissible because it unjustifiably harms users in a way that is both demeaning and objectionably exploitative. Importantly, the attention-economy business model of social media companies strongly incentivizes them to perpetrate this wrongdoing.
A Political Economy of Attention, Mindfulness and Consumerism
A Political Economy of Attention, Mindfulness and Consumerism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Political Economy of Attention, Mindfulness and Consumerism write by Peter Doran. This book was released on 2017-07-14. A Political Economy of Attention, Mindfulness and Consumerism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The power of capital is the power to target our attention, mould market-ready identities, and reduce the public realm to an endless series of choices. This has far-reaching implications for our psychological, physical and spiritual well-being, and ultimately for our global ecology. In this consumer age, the underlying teachings of Buddhist mindfulness offer more than individual well-being and resilience. They also offer new sources of critical inquiry into our collective condition, and may point, in time, to regulatory initiatives in the field of well-being. This book draws together lively debates from the new economics of transition, commons and well-being, consumerism, and the emerging role of mindfulness in popular culture. Engaged Buddhist practices and teachings correspond closely to insights in contemporary political philosophical investigations into the nature of power, notably by Michel Foucault. The 'attention economy' can be understood as a new arena of struggle in our age of neoliberal governmentality; as the forces of enclosure – having colonized forests, land and the bodies of workers – are now extended to the realm of our minds and subjectivity. This poses questions about the recovery of the 'mindful commons': the practices we must cultivate to reclaim our attention, time and lives from the forces of capitalization. This is a valuable resource for students and scholars of environmental philosophy, environmental psychology, environmental sociology, well-being and new economics, political economy, environmental politics, the commons and law, as well as Buddhist theory and philosophy.
Kantian Ethics and the Attention Economy
Kantian Ethics and the Attention Economy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Kantian Ethics and the Attention Economy write by Timothy Aylsworth. This book was released on . Kantian Ethics and the Attention Economy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Stand Out of Our Light
Stand Out of Our Light - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Stand Out of Our Light write by James Williams. This book was released on 2018-05-31. Stand Out of Our Light available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Argues that human freedom is threatened by systems of intelligent persuasion developed by tech giants who compete for our time and attention. This title is also available as Open Access.
Human Capacity in the Attention Economy
Human Capacity in the Attention Economy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Human Capacity in the Attention Economy write by Sean Lane. This book was released on 2020-06-15. Human Capacity in the Attention Economy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The rise of ubiquitous information technology--smartphones, unbridled Internet access, and various applications of these tools--has interacted with the ways we are wired to think, feel, and behave. This book provides a fascinating look at the impact of the Internet and technology through the lens of human capacity. Chapters examine what makes these technologies so addictive; their effect on emotional well-being, memory, learning, and driving; replenishing depleted cognitive reserves; and how to chart a way forward in the attention economy.
