Art critic Jonathan Crary’s book 24/7 explores how we entered a culture that battles against rest and time itself. A nonstop 24/7 culture that never turns off. If attention is finite, a 24/7 society fights to expand the surface area of waking time to capture more of it.
Operator life: Quick tempo, constant follow-up, putting out fires, racing through the to-do list.
Creative life: Long bouts of daydreaming, followed by short bursts of intense and inspired action.