{"product_id":"wasting-time-on-the-internet-9780062416476","title":"Wasting Time on the Internet","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGoldsmith, Kenneth:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKenneth Goldsmith\u003c\/strong\u003e is a conceptual artist, and the first poet laureate of the Museum of Modern Art. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eSeven American Deaths and Disasters\u003c\/em\u003e and the book of essays \u003cem\u003eUncreative Writing\u003c\/em\u003e, breaking down the art form he pioneered. Goldsmith teaches at the University of Pennsylvania, where he taught the controversial \"Wasting Time on the Internet\" class that inspired this book. He lives in New York with artist Cheryl Donegan and their two sons.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50491466383634,"sku":"9780062416476","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d984c673-0537-4a54-9f11-0f7097c7acfb.jpg?v=1730541277","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/wasting-time-on-the-internet-9780062416476","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}