Os Livros da Lena’s Reviews > How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy > Status Update
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«When we recognize the ecological nature not only of biotic communities but of culture, selfhood, and even thought – that indeed, consciousness itself arises from the intersection between what's
"inside" and "outside" – it's not just the boundary between self and other that falls away. We're in a position to see past another supposedly insurmountable barrier: the one between the human and the nonhuman.»
— 6 hours, 15 min ago
"inside" and "outside" – it's not just the boundary between self and other that falls away. We're in a position to see past another supposedly insurmountable barrier: the one between the human and the nonhuman.»
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Os Livros da Lena’s Previous Updates
Os Livros da Lena
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«What am I supposed to think of all this? How am I supposed to think of all this? (…) Many things in there [social media platforms] seem important, but the sum total is nonsense, and it produces not understanding but a dull and stupefying dread.»
— 8 minutes ago
Os Livros da Lena
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«(…) thought and deliberation require not just incubation space (solitude and/or defined context) but incubation time.»
— 9 minutes ago
Os Livros da Lena
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«As the attention economy profits from keeping us trapped in a fearful present, we risk blindness to historical context at the same time that our attention is ripped from the physical reality of our surroundings.»
— 10 minutes ago
Os Livros da Lena
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«Platforms such as Facebook and Instagram act like dams that capitalize on our natural interest in others and an ageless need for community, hijacking and frustrating our most innate desires, and profiting from them. Solitude, observation, and simple conviviality should be recognized not only as ends in and of themselves, but inalienable rights belonging to anyone lucky enough to be alive.»
— Feb 17, 2026 10:28AM
