JENNY ODELL: How to *not* save time (and *creatively* reject the productive, growth imperative!)

Jenny Odell (NYT bestseller, artist) wrote a bestselling book five years ago that Barack Obama declared one of his “books of the year”. “How to Do Nothing (amzn.to/3RID9cT)” stuck two fingers up to the productivity industry. Jenny followed it up with the recently published, “Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond The Clock (amzn.to/3xzl621)” that argues the original problem is our framing of time as a bunch of units we own, spend, must be efficient with etc.

In this chat, Jenny explains that how we relate to time is our choice and she – fascinatingly – shows how radically rejecting our current take on time (and the productivity bro’ efficiency hacks) can help us navigate climate dread, the capitalist trap and our collective sense of disconnect.

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Jenny's book, Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock (amzn.to/3zjfwBy) is available now
Connect with Jenny on Instagram (instagram.com/jennitaur) and keep up to date via her website (jennyodell.com/index.html)
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