Offline: Jenny Odell on How to Do Nothing
Pod Save America23 Jan 2022

Offline: Jenny Odell on How to Do Nothing

This week, Jenny Odell teaches Jon how to unplug and, almost literally, smell the roses. Pulling from lessons outlined in her book “How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy,” Jenny makes the case that our attention is precious and what we choose to focus it on doesn’t always need to be productive.

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