How to Do Nothing
Jenny Odell's 2019 book that critiques optimization, especially digital optimization, from a modernized Marxist perspective.
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Core Idea: Slow Productivity
Cal Newport
A New York Times bestseller by Ginny O'Dell that is credited with sparking the modern anti-productivity movement.
Full Length Episode | #171 | February 7, 2022
Cal Newport
A book published in February 2019 by Ginny O'Dell, credited with sparking the modern anti-productivity thinking movement.
The Deep Life — Cal Newport
Tim Ferriss
A New York Times bestseller by Jenny Odell, advocating for resisting the attention economy, published the same month as Cal Newport's 'Digital Minimalism'.
Full Length Episode | #162 | January 6, 2022
Cal Newport
A book by Jenny Odell that is part of the anti-productivity movement, advocating for doing less.
How To Not Waste Your Time - 5 Keys To Master Productivity & Reinvent Your Life | Cal Newport
Cal Newport
Jenny Odell's 2019 book that critiques optimization, especially digital optimization, from a modernized Marxist perspective.
8 Productivity Books To Change Your Life. Here's What Actually Works. | Cal Newport
Cal Newport
A book positing that the attention economy encourages us to monetize our time, and proposing 'doing nothing' and focusing on experiences for their own sake as a form of resistance.
Ep. 239: On Time And Stress
Cal Newport
Jenny Odell's previous book that challenged productivity culture and inspired her new book.
Ep. 234: Ambition Without Burnout
Cal Newport
A book by Jenny Odell advocating for spending more time not orienting activities toward goals, which the speaker uses to illustrate the 'no ambition' extreme.