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Recently finished How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy, by Jenny Odell. Decent enough, with some local history (she lives in and around Oakland, CA), and lots of good anecdotal stories. Her argument is how to step back from the thousand little things that sap our attention, like social media and excessive work habits in particular - and learn to give yourself down time to do with what you will.
This was written only last year, yet it already has a dated feel to me. The Covid-19 pandemic has changed so much about our lives - a lot of people are learning to do what she's advocating out of sheer circumstances. It's very strange.
Still an interesting read for its own sake.
This was written only last year, yet it already has a dated feel to me. The Covid-19 pandemic has changed so much about our lives - a lot of people are learning to do what she's advocating out of sheer circumstances. It's very strange.
Still an interesting read for its own sake.