How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy

Doing 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.