...attention undergirds every other kind of meaningful refusal: it allows us to reach Thoreau's higher perspective, and forms the basis of a disciplined collective attention that we see in successful strikes and boycotts whose laser-like focus withstood... #JennyOdell

- October 04, 2024

...attention undergirds every other kind of meaningful refusal: it allows us to reach Thoreau's higher perspective, and forms the basis of a disciplined collective attention that we see in successful strikes and boycotts whose laser-like focus withstood... #JennyOdell
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...attention undergirds every other kind of meaningful refusal: it allows us to reach Thoreau's higher perspective, and forms the basis of a disciplined collective attention that we see in successful strikes and boycotts whose laser-like focus withstood... #JennyOdell

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