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How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell

sgwillym's review

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informative slow-paced

2.5

coley28's review

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informative reflective slow-paced

3.25

jcampbell's review

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slow-paced

1.0

Go girl give us nothing!

This book never really gets to the point it’s aiming for. It’s a long read for 250 pages and just has the author struggling to reach her point at every turn, she wants you to know all the articles and papers she’s read but lacks the ability to link them together and create an engaging narrative. 
 

cbreads42's review

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challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

4.75

I absolutely loved this book. So many of the discussions were some I've had myself about connecting to community, organizing in the face of hopelessness, social media addiction, and appreciating where I live.

jltusc's review

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hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

qls's review

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5.0

more of a manifesto/experience than a practical how-to, which is fitting. this book is invigorating and inspiring, the epitome of “reparative reading”, it will make you want to go sit in the park and look at the birds. it seems in dialog with laing’s “funny weather” - they even reference the same artists - and perhaps part of a new cannon?
lovely

kaelynrae's review

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challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

This is a must read for anyone struggling with the cognitive dissonance of the capitalist culture of productivity. Even though by the end you still may not have this dissatisfaction with the world satisfied; you may be able to think a little clearer, make a more intentional choice, put down your phone, have a friend over for a chat…. You may find yourself, like me, allowing yourself to start. My partner and I spent the afternoon yesterday learning the names of 3 trees and the calls and colors of 3 birds that live in them at the park down the street; something we’ve always wanted to do but never had “the time”. You won’t be perfect, but you might find your trembling thumb hover over the Instagram app for a moment longer, choosing to use the moments instead to sit with your thoughts for a minute longer than yesterday. Maybe tomorrow a minute longer…. 

jaspott's review

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hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.25

steinmetzdan's review

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challenging inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

rachelfazio's review

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

5.0

This book is a dream for radical optimists and a fucking manifesto.