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cmsweeney6's review against another edition
The writing in this felt unnecessarily pretentious and academic and it really put me off wanting to listen to it.
alissamk's review against another edition
1.0
This book was mistitled and I don't really know what the author was trying to say.
luckyguul's review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
1.25
I had high hopes for this book but then it took me 4 painstaking months to get through.
Other reviews already seem to convey exactly how I feel. It reads like academic drivel I wrote in undergrad.
Thoreau said, “quote quote quote”. My thought about the quote. Which reminds me of what BlahBlah said, “quote quote quote”.
At the same time, the author seems painfully unaware of their privilege and it just comes off as a former gifted kid talking at you. Oakland? Artist? Hewlett Packard? Teaches at Stanford?
Oh brother.
Other reviews already seem to convey exactly how I feel. It reads like academic drivel I wrote in undergrad.
Thoreau said, “quote quote quote”. My thought about the quote. Which reminds me of what BlahBlah said, “quote quote quote”.
At the same time, the author seems painfully unaware of their privilege and it just comes off as a former gifted kid talking at you. Oakland? Artist? Hewlett Packard? Teaches at Stanford?
Oh brother.
ravenlion's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
5.0
One of the best books I've read in a long time - heartily recommend to all.
eleonora_s's review against another edition
4.0
Thoughtful philosophical ponderings about the attention economy amidst societal structures. Like with most philosophical texts, no concrete advice was given. I didn’t mind this, I didn’t need to be told to delete Facebook or whatever. Rather, Odell takes the attention economy several steps further and considers multiple lenses including class, race, and privilege. She also really loves bird watching lol
sangsara's review against another edition
2.0
There are several important messages promised (and mostly to be found) here about ethical design, technology, and the role of attention and focus in our lives. Unfortunately they are buried in a dense, overly academic, American/Californian-centric slog of joyless writing interrupted by lists of bird and tree names. On the whole it took me nearly two months to find the will to pick this up and finish it.
jillmacintyre's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
slow-paced
2.75
emilybchambers's review against another edition
slow-paced
1.0
I listened to this book which I would not recommend because the reader sounds a bit like Apple’s Siri or some other AI speaker. Rather than a “how to” guide or even just talking about research done on the importance of “doing nothing”, this is an extremely dense and academic exploration of what “doing nothing” means and why it’s important (kind of a given for me already tbh). I found the author very self-reverential, boring and a bit insufferable. I think there are important themes in the book to explore about the attention economy, but the conclusions were completely lost on me because of the style and constant asides to bring in overwrought and very niche references to art pieces, historical figures or other things. I’m not usually so negative on books but I would seriously skip this one unless you really love reading thesis-style writing.