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milkteaser's review against another edition
3.0
i was looking forward to this book as i struggle with doing nothing and identify with the author (filipino, raised and live in the bay area, same alma mater!!), but like many have mentioned the title is very misleading. my bad for not reading the whole description. this is not so much a how-to manual as it is a plea for society to start taking more solo retreats and go birdwatching. seriously!
i thought this book had some good points, but it meandered around and i felt lost following what odell was trying to say. i consider myself somewhat well-read but the language feels inaccessible and i can see how some people might read the first few pages and dismiss it altogether. had some good takeaways though!
"In a situation where every waking moment has become the time in which we make our living, and when we submit even our leisure for numerical evaluation via likes on Facebook and Instagram, constantly checking on its performance like one checks a stock, monitoring the ongoing development of our personal brand, time becomes an economic resource that we can no longer justify spending on “nothing.” It provides no return on investment; it is simply too expensive."
i thought this book had some good points, but it meandered around and i felt lost following what odell was trying to say. i consider myself somewhat well-read but the language feels inaccessible and i can see how some people might read the first few pages and dismiss it altogether. had some good takeaways though!
"In a situation where every waking moment has become the time in which we make our living, and when we submit even our leisure for numerical evaluation via likes on Facebook and Instagram, constantly checking on its performance like one checks a stock, monitoring the ongoing development of our personal brand, time becomes an economic resource that we can no longer justify spending on “nothing.” It provides no return on investment; it is simply too expensive."
andrewjp17's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
I think this concept is really interesting and even though it was written a few years ago in the Trump Era, it still feels very relevant
dkadastra's review against another edition
3.0
This was a much deeper and thoughtful read than I anticipated going in. I thought it would be a relatively standard treatise on digital detox, or some such thing, but, in fact, was a deep reflection on how the cheap, constant attention demanded by current social media/online presence, as well as the supremely high value on 'productivity' in modern society really takes away from our well-being, physically and emotionally, and our sense of 'place' in the various environments we find ourselves in.
brittanyjoy's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
"It's tempting to conclude this book with a single recommendation about how to live, but I refuse to do that. That's because the pitfalls of the attention economy can't just be avoided by logging off and refusing the influence of persuasive design techniques. They also emerge at the intersections of issues of public space, environmental politics, class, and race."
Jenny Odell offers insightful and thought-provoking ideas throughout this book touching on each of these issues and what it means to resist the related attention economy. Some parts are a bit drawn out and start to lose the plot - but I felt like the book delivered as hoped.
Jenny Odell offers insightful and thought-provoking ideas throughout this book touching on each of these issues and what it means to resist the related attention economy. Some parts are a bit drawn out and start to lose the plot - but I felt like the book delivered as hoped.
flippyphippy's review against another edition
2.0
I found it hard to pay attention, and felt like the author struggled to stay on topic.
4lbxrtoii's review against another edition
4.0
Basically instead of FOMO (FearOfMissingOut) have JOMO (JoyOfMissingOut) by doing nothing