The title and premise of the book seemed appealing. The attention economy has seen a lot of, uh, attention lately, and so a book about possible escapes from it seemed promising. But I came away non-plussed. The book puts together little pieces of philosophy from a large variety of writers, ranging from Greek cynics, Aldo Leopold, Walter Benjamin, to contemporary thinkers like Donna Haraway of danah boyd. But it all seemed pretty piecemeal and non-cohesive to me. I found myself skimming many passages. Ah well, it was a quick read and I did appreciate some of the discussions of how artists define and redefine attention and perception.