Jenny Odell
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Jenny Odell is an American artist, writer and educator who is based in Oakland, California. She wrote the book, How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy (2019).
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How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
Read the insightsDoing nothing is not a passive activity. It takes effort to cultivate a lifestyle that isn’t poked and prodded along by society’s roar for high productivity and airtight efficiency at the expense of our souls and sanity. Artist and Stanford professor Jenny Odell shares some ideas on how we can resist the itch to hurry and do without a clue as to the direction in which we are hurrying and doing.