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A review by usualwhale
How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell
2.0
Disclaimer that I only got about halfway through this book.
This book felt more like the soapbox speech of someone who is frustrated with the pervasiveness of social media and feeling of needing to productize/monetize all our free time. I get it, I’m right there with you. However, I never felt like this book actually got to a point. It’s like the gif of a truck repeatedly speeding towards a pole, but never actually making contact.
I’ll say that a good piece of wisdom I took from this book was it’s not enough to just get rid of something (social media/working long hours/etc.) but you have to be intentional about what you replace those activities with. This is something that got me thinking about how I could be better in my own life. And it’s also the only reason the book got a 2 star rating for me.
There may be some bits of wisdom later in the book, but I just got too frustrated with the build-up to actually get there.
This book felt more like the soapbox speech of someone who is frustrated with the pervasiveness of social media and feeling of needing to productize/monetize all our free time. I get it, I’m right there with you. However, I never felt like this book actually got to a point. It’s like the gif of a truck repeatedly speeding towards a pole, but never actually making contact.
I’ll say that a good piece of wisdom I took from this book was it’s not enough to just get rid of something (social media/working long hours/etc.) but you have to be intentional about what you replace those activities with. This is something that got me thinking about how I could be better in my own life. And it’s also the only reason the book got a 2 star rating for me.
There may be some bits of wisdom later in the book, but I just got too frustrated with the build-up to actually get there.