![]() 'A manifesto for the internet age.'-The A.V. Provocative, timely and utterly persuasive, it shows us how to preserve our inner lives and bring about change in a world that needs this more than ever. Once we can start paying a new kind of attention, we can undertake bolder forms of political action, reimagine humanity's role in the environment, and arrive at a more meaningful understanding of happiness and fulfilment.įar from a simple anti-technology screed, or a pointless back-to-nature meditation, How to Do Nothing is an action plan for thinking beyond capitalist narratives of efficiency and value. Odell sees our attention as the most precious - and overdrawn - resource we have. So argues artist and critic Jenny Odell in this field guide to slowing down. ![]() But in a world where our value is determined by our data productivity, doing nothing may be our most important form of resistance. ![]() ![]() Nothing is harder to do these days than nothing. Title: HOW TO DO NOTHING : Resisting the Attention EconomyĪ galvanising critique of the forces vying for our attention - and our personal information - that redefines what we think of as productivity and reveals what we've been too distracted to see about ourselves and our world. ![]()
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