Jenny Odell

How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
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ProutyProutyFirst to rec“Odell’s work has really informed my relationship to my creative life.”
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Levi“Title does a lot of the work here. Watch the sunset, listen to the birds, buy shelled peanuts for crows, think about how cool trees are. Corporations have known for a long time how valuable our attention is and the greatest act of resistance is to slow down and be as "useless" as possible.”
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Kt“makes me want to wander an urban forest while rethinking all my life choices in the best way.”
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