The Case For Idleness
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The Case For Idleness
The first half of “doing nothing” is about disengaging from the attention economy; the other half is about reengaging with something else. That “something else” is nothing less than time and space, a possibility only once we meet each other there on the level of attention. Ultimately, against the placelessness of an optimized life spent online, I w
... See moreJenny Odell • How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
Boredom is when you do the dishes, run the errand you’ve been putting off, respond to the text you’ve left on read. Boredom is when you bring a book to read on the subway or make small talk with the person in front of you in line about how slow the pharmacy is. Boredom is when you do the things that make you feel like you have life under control. N... See more
Nick Catucci • You might just have to be bored
see people caught up not just in notifications but in a mythology of productivity and progress, unable not only to rest but simply to see where they are.
Jenny Odell • How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
removed the web browser from her phone—a nontrivial hack. “I figured I didn’t need to know the answer to everything instantly,” she told me. She then bought an old-fashioned notebook to jot down ideas when she’s bored on the tube.