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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
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This book is not about the attention economy or “how to do nothing”. It’s a critique of anti-establishment art through the ages, full of pretension and privilege.
Finally finished! Its a great book with concepts that blew my mind but towards the middle it definitely became a bit “much” on certain topics like bioregionalism and started to feel a bit distant for me!
I loved it.
Really, a book about ecology, broadly speaking -- our place in the world, our relation to each other and the earth. I took many notes; many things here will stick with me for awhile. I've read a number of books on these themes, but Odell's sensibility is my favorite on this topic so far. She eschews the pop solutions of anti-tech folks, while settling into the more challenging position of Bartleby's "I prefer not to" (from Herman Melville's story of the same name).
I can see how the title might have misled some people ... push past it. It's worth it!
Really, a book about ecology, broadly speaking -- our place in the world, our relation to each other and the earth. I took many notes; many things here will stick with me for awhile. I've read a number of books on these themes, but Odell's sensibility is my favorite on this topic so far. She eschews the pop solutions of anti-tech folks, while settling into the more challenging position of Bartleby's "I prefer not to" (from Herman Melville's story of the same name).
I can see how the title might have misled some people ... push past it. It's worth it!
A must-read! Instead of being one of those books that tells you to delete all your apps and create a numbered to-do list every day, the author uses philosophy, psychology, and history to talk about bioregionalism and fully inhabiting the place you’re in. She also examines the ideas of productivity and capitalism in a way that is super interesting.
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