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Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock
by Jenny Odell
This was recommended to me after I shared my love of Oliver Burkeman’s 4,000 Weeks. I found it unsatisfying.
There are some really good, transcendental ideas in here, though they are certainly not new. Unfortunately it felt really incoherent as a ‘book’ - more like reading someone’s personal notebook than a book. It meanders back and forth through inequality, a history of capitalism, ecology, and other ideas, with a lot of naturalist journaling; without structure or useful threads.
I made some notes that were helpful; but ultimately I t left me feeling like I’d been grazing on a platter of nibbles rather than having eaten than a meal.
There are some really good, transcendental ideas in here, though they are certainly not new. Unfortunately it felt really incoherent as a ‘book’ - more like reading someone’s personal notebook than a book. It meanders back and forth through inequality, a history of capitalism, ecology, and other ideas, with a lot of naturalist journaling; without structure or useful threads.
I made some notes that were helpful; but ultimately I t left me feeling like I’d been grazing on a platter of nibbles rather than having eaten than a meal.