How to Do Nothing : Resisting the Attention Economy (Paperback)

from arewenotben

Enjoyed this, although feels a little bitty and fragmented. Essentially the encouragement of mindful living and ways to engage with the world outside of social media and the internet - it's ok to sit in the park and just enjoy the birds. Odell helpfully acknowledges that the common refrain to del...

from albertgoldfain

Surprisingly insightful at times, but pretentious and narrow in several spots. There are more possibilities in the internet than are dreamt of in our current social media...so not sure how this will age. Enjoyed the discussion of context-seeking as a survival skill.

from jonerthon

Perhaps I'm already doing what the author proposes by stubbornly reading all these books in actual print. It is nice to slowly and aimlessly enjoy something even if it offers no remuneration or credentialing, and that's her point. It won't surprise you to hear Odell is an artist first, and this b...

from mimo

Doing nothing is good for us. Good for our bodies our minds and for our habitats. Paying attention to our habitats is good for our communities and teaches us to take care of one another. Kind of cerebral but the conclusion was worth my time.

from fegolac

One problem I sometimes have when reading nonfiction books is that they start with a bang and then get very tedious. This often happens with argumentative books: the first chapter makes a case for a particular philosophy or idea, and justifies it with very compelling arguments. The following chap...