How to Do Nothing

Resisting the Attention Economy

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256 Seiten

Sprache: English

Am 5. Mai 2019 von Schwartz Publishing Pty, Limited veröffentlicht.

ISBN:
978-1-76064-179-5
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Nothing is harder to do these days than nothing. But in a world where our value is determined by our 24/7 data productivity . . . doing nothing may be our most important form of resistance.

So argues artist and critic Jenny Odell in this field guide to doing nothing (at least as capitalism defines it). Odell sees our attention as the most precious—and overdrawn—resource we have. Once we can start paying a new kind of attention, she writes, we can undertake bolder forms of political action, reimagine humankind’s role in the environment, and arrive at more meaningful understandings of happiness and progress.

Far from the simple anti-technology screed, or the back-to-nature meditation we read so often, How to do Nothing is an action plan for thinking outside of capitalist narratives of efficiency and techno-determinism. Provocative, timely, and utterly persuasive, this book is a four-course meal in the …

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hat How to Do Nothing von Jenny Odell besprochen

Stretching out the perception of time

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1 Star awarded to myself for finishing this book because it is so meandering and pretentious. I agree with a couple of the premises in this book but I couldn't bear another story about some art piece or anecdote about teaching/bird watching/etc.

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Meeeh.

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It was OK. I have sympathy for the author and trust in their genuine and informed interest on the topic. I got lost and bored when too many art references were added. It often felt like polluting a bit the matter with quirky and irrelevant art parallels talking about pieces that are very niche aka that no one knows about, so hard to relate to. I wish the book was shorter and more straight to the point.

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This is as good as people say it is

This text dovetails beautifully with multiple interest areas - attention economy led capitalism, information overload, zen/mindfulness, local activism, tuning in/dropping out, bird noticing, being hyper aware of your local. This book is well lauded and rightly so. I’m likely to gift copies, and reread. Accessible, érudite, not preachy.

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Escape the Rat Race

A fun and rambling defense of doing nothing, and resisting our modern productivity culture. And unlike so many condemnations of our modern world, and all the problems within it, this book is calming. It may not give you the answers, but you may find you emerge from it with a better understanding of how to just 'be'.

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Break the Chains of Internalized Capitalism

This is a good book that helps to reframe my thinking around what I owe the world for productivity. Combined with Chokepoint Capitalism these books are helping give me a worldview with less obligation to churn out, to colonize, to produce, to give attention to the things of modern life. Choosing to live my boring life at whatever speed I desire regardless of how much ROI that generates is a fine goal in itself.

It is a bit slow going, which should shock absolutely no one. I did enjoy it and found it quite valuable and relaxing. Unlike the aforementioned book, this one did not leave my blood boiling so in a way it can be considered a spiritual antidote.

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