#34 The Importance of Doing Nothing, with Jenny Odell

The Lonely Hour by Julia Bainbridge

Aug 2, 201900:15:26Society & Culture

Jenny Odell, author of How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy , talks about wandering, observing without judgment, and letting go of the idea that time is money. Part four of The Lonely Hour's mini-series, In...

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