A mix of genres, the title of this book is slightly misleading (on purpose). It will attract people trying to get out of social media/news/online addictions, and they will find a plea for bioregionalism. The book attempts well to demonstrate what writing locally looks like, with tons of references to Oakland and the Bay area. The references are diverse, although the philosophy references leave something to desire for (for this topic there are more fruitful and more interesting contemporary thinkers to include than the tiresome Plato, Epicurus and Diogenes). In her plea for locality, Oddell proposes ways to (re-)render your reality by offering more of a choice what to pay attention to. She stresses the deep attention that thought and meaningful dialogue need, and the ways it is undermined by current social media. She does well in nuancing her message and showing that a complete abandonment of the (online) socio-political sphere might not be the point; rather, to be able to choose and resist the ways in which we use and give our attention, to develop the stamina for deep focus and to become more interested and reacquainted with the places we actually share, and importantly, with other beings than humans.