![]() ![]() The economy of the 21st-century feeds off our attention the same way the 20th-century economy fed off natural resources and cheap labor. ![]() It scrolls in front of our eyes in the form of messages, advertising, notifications, reminders, emails, and pop-ups. So much of it, it became stripped of all meaning and became merely data. ![]() Show me anything that can help me make sense of it all, or at least sense of me-books like Atomic Habits by James Clear, or Deep Work by Cal Newport, or Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi-and I am hooked. Besides, I am a sucker for good self-help books, always visiting that section of the bookstore, digging for nuggets of understanding. ![]() So why are we so miserable? This manifesto helps us break free of our unhealthy devotion to efficiency and shows us how to reclaim our time and humanity with a little more leisure. We work feverishly to make ourselves happy. I ended up settling for a kindle version (I have a habit of highlighting and taking notes when reading non-fiction), but it was the blurb on the back cover that caught my attention: I found Do Nothing, while just-browsing in my favorite Berlin bookstore. And it inspired a month of self-experimentation, so all in all, I think you should give it a read. Second, it somehow proved a highly engaging read anyway. First of all, this book isn’t about what it says it is. ![]()
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