think, reflect, heal, and sustain ourselves—individually or collectively.
Jenny Odell • How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy

I might not be able to spend two full weeks lying on a picnic table in my backyard, but there’s a key insight lurking in that story about the value of slowing down to prepare to tackle a hard project. If we can get over our frustration that these traditional knowledge workers enjoyed privileges that we don’t have access to, we might find in their e
... See moreCal Newport • Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

Slow productivity emphatically rejects the performative rewards of unwavering urgency.