How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy

“Odell’s work has really informed my relationship to my creative life.”

“A reminder to get out of your head and into the nothings of life.”

“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.”

“makes me want to wander an urban forest while rethinking all my life choices in the best way.”

“I read this in 2020 (so, a ~transformative time~) while on a burnout-induced 3 month sabbatical from work. It was the first time I realized I should walk my dog without headphones and just look at the leaves?? Who knew.”

“I listened to this audiobook in about two days, mostly while walking around my neighborhood in deep covid, maybe June 2020. I've since re-read it twice, and it's one of the few books I would almost universally recommend. Completely transformed my relationship to my immediate environment, the internet, and "society."”