Philosophical
What if doing nothing is actually doing something?
When Jenny Odell talks about doing nothing, she doesn't mean binge-watching or zoning out. She means refusing to be productive on someone else's terms. It's an act of resistance, not a lack of action.
Nothing is harder to do than nothing.— Jenny Odell
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The thinker
Artist & Attention Researcher
Jenny Odell is an American artist, writer, and Stanford lecturer, best known for her book 'How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy.'
Based on Jenny Odell: How to Do Nothing — Talks at Google, summarised and reframed by Insights.
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