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Nichts tun – Die Kunst, sich der Auf­merk­sam­keits­öko­nomie zu entziehen

Jenny Odell

3.73 AVERAGE

adyn's review against another edition

2.5

hopeful informative inspiring slow-paced

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Nice perspective, but I feel like it dragged on and I would have preferred a single essay on this topic. I thought this would be more about HOW to resist the attention economy, like the title says, but it’s more about art and philosophy and examples of people resisting the attention economy. It’s more about the idea of “doing nothing” than it is about actually “how to do nothing”. There are some cool insights, but ultimately dragged on too much for me and wasn’t really what I wanted it to be. 

courtforshort's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH

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Pretentious word salad. 

vernittae's review against another edition

5.0

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

jbf1212's review against another edition

4.0

informative reflective medium-paced

lmelzer's review against another edition

3.75

reflective medium-paced

zhochste's review against another edition

4.0

hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

eamattucci's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 20%

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Poor writing, shallow discussions that were centered around San Francisco tech scene culture. It may have gotten better, but I was fatigued quickly by the ratio of insight to drudgery. It seems like the intended audience is tech bros who have never heard of "outside."

jennifertan's review against another edition

4.5

hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

melissafhaley's review against another edition

2.0

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A whole lot of great one liners, and small anecdotes, about living more mindfully. Unfortunately, they are not artfully connected. There is no story.

mikekelly4815's review against another edition

medium-paced