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

How To Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy

Jenny Odell

256 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction essays challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Nothing is harder to do these days than nothing. But in a world where our value is determined by our data productivity, doing nothing may be our most important form of resistance. So argues artist and critic Jenny Odell in this field guide to slow...

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inspiring 47%
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