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    How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
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    How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy

    Written by Jenny Odell

    Narrated by Rebecca Gidel

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    A galvanizing critique of the forces vying for our attention—and our personal information—that redefines what we think of as productivity, reconnects us with the environment, and reveals all that we've been too distracted to see about ourselves and our world.
    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 age of Soylent.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherW. F. Howes Ltd
    Release dateJul 4, 2019
    ISBN9781528873888
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    • 5/5
      Best book I've ever read! Fantastic mix of ecology, philosophy and the complexities of modern life.

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    • 5/5
      An absolute masterpiece or writing that will give you lots of things to think about

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    • 3/5
      Reader's voice doesn't suit the book. Somehow makes it both boring and irritating at the same time, so I couldn't get a sense of where it was supposed to be going. Pity.
    • 2/5
      Spends far too much time hypothesising and talking about previous instances where people have shunned ‘modern’ life before getting into the actual practicalities of distancing yourself from social media use, etc.
    • 2/5
      This book made me realize that even the most intelligent, creative, knowledgable and interesting people can be bad writers. This book was scattered, with many loose ends, many insider-references and quite non-relatable passages.
      I resonated with the chapters about art (many of the art history references were very specific, and I wonder if someone without the knowledge of David Hockney or Paul Klee would find these passages equally interesting), but all the parts on ornithology bored me.
      I also would have preferred more of an outline and a more defined narrative. Not necessarily linear or chronologial but topis seemed unrelated to each other and I often lost the grip of what was being discussed.
    • 5/5
      Don't like the title but the content is really inspiring and though invoking really love it, really speaks to me
    • 1/5
      Worst. Book. Ever. It made me realise that listening to the politic views of someone really doesn’t interest me. I felt this book like a manifesto against everything there is in this world. Except birds. The author really loves birds.
    • 2/5
      A lot of theory, and talking about birds, and less practical advice - which is what I was looking for. It honestly bored me at times.