{"product_id":"wasting-time-on-the-internet-paperback","title":"Wasting Time on the Internet - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKenneth Goldsmith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing clear, readable prose, conceptual artist and poet Kenneth Goldsmith's manifesto shows how our time on the internet is not really wasted but is quite productive and creative as he puts the experience in its proper theoretical and philosophical context.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKenneth Goldsmith wants you to rethink the internet. Many people feel guilty after spending hours watching cat videos or clicking link after link after link. But Goldsmith sees that \"wasted\" time differently. Unlike old media, the internet demands active engagement--and it's actually making us more social, more creative, even more productive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Goldsmith, a renowned conceptual artist and poet, introduced a class at the University of Pennsylvania called \"Wasting Time on the Internet\", he nearly \u003cem\u003ebroke\u003c\/em\u003e the internet. The \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e, Slate, Vice, \u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e, CNN, the \u003cem\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/em\u003e, and many more, ran articles expressing their shock, dismay, and, ultimately, their curiosity. Goldsmith's ideas struck a nerve, because they are brilliantly subversive--and endlessly shareable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eWasting Time on the Internet\u003c\/em\u003e, Goldsmith expands upon his provocative insights, contending that our digital lives are remaking human experience. When we're \"wasting time,\" we're actually creating a culture of collaboration. We're reading and writing more--and quite differently. And we're turning concepts of authority and authenticity upside-down. The internet puts us in a state between deep focus and subconscious flow, a state that Goldsmith argues is ideal for creativity. Where that creativity takes us will be one of the stories of the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWide-ranging, counterintuitive, engrossing, unpredictable--like the internet itself--\u003cem\u003eWasting Time on the Internet \u003c\/em\u003eis the manifesto you didn't know you needed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKENNETH GOLDSMITH WANTS YOU TO RETHINK THE INTERNET . . .\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany people feel guilty after spending hours watching cat videos or clicking link after link after link. But renowned conceptual artist and poet Kenneth Goldsmith sees that \"wasted\" time differently. Unlike old media, the Internet demands active engagement--and it's actually making us more social, more creative, even more productive.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Goldsmith introduced a class at the University of Pennsylvania called \"Wasting Time on the Internet,\" he nearly broke the Internet. \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSlate\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eVice\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e, CNN, \u003cem\u003eThe\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/em\u003e, and many more ran articles expressing shock, dismay, and, ultimately, curiosity. Goldsmith's ideas struck a nerve because they are brilliantly subversive--and endlessly shareable.\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eWasting Time on the Internet\u003c\/em\u003e, Goldsmith expands on his provocative insights, contending that our digital lives are remaking human experience. When we're \"wasting time,\" we're actually creating a culture of collaboration. We're reading and writing more--and quite differently. And we're turning concepts of authority and authenticity upside down. The Internet puts us in a state between deep focus and subconscious flow, a state that Goldsmith argues is ideal for creativity. Where that creativity takes us will be one of the stories of the twenty-first century.--Rob Walker, co-editor Significant Objects\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKENNETH GOLDSMITH WANTS YOU TO RETHINK THE INTERNET . . .\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany people feel guilty after spending hours watching cat videos or clicking link after link after link. But renowned conceptual artist and poet Kenneth Goldsmith sees that \"wasted\" time differently. 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