Withholding attention is itself one legitimate action among many

Evidence

By the same token, there are many different places where manifest dismantling can begin to work. Wherever we are, and whatever privileges we may or may not enjoy, there is probably some thread we can afford to be pulling on. Sometimes boycotting the attention economy by withholding attention is the only action we can afford to take. Other times, we can actively look for ways to impact things like the addictive design of technology, but also environmental politics, labor rights, women’s rights, indigenous rights, anti-racism initiatives, measures for parks and open spaces, and habitat restoration—understanding that pain comes not from one part of the body but from systemic imbalance. As in any ecology, the fruits of our efforts within any of these fields may well reach beyond to the others. — Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing, 666 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Every conforming action doubles as an unconscious status signal readable by others. — W. David Marx, Status and Culture: How Our Desire for…, 195; Withdrawing attention is presented as one possible tactic among many — Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing: Resisting the…, 666; Withholding attention is framed as one tactic, not the whole prescription

Broader Connections

• Withdrawing attention is presented as one possible tactic among many #expands (0.95) — Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing, 666
• Withholding attention is framed as one tactic, not the whole prescription #expands (0.92)