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b'For an audience of meditators (or aspiring meditators), the idea of doing nothing shouldn\\u2019t be foreign. But, speaking from personal experience, it is very possible, especially for Type A people, to approach meditation with an agenda. In which case, sitting on the cushion can be very far from truly doing nothing. Enter Jenny Odell, who makes a very compelling case for truly\\u2026 doing\\u2026 nothing. In her work, she is challenging what for many of us, myself included, is a deep-seated and sometimes subconscious reflex: to constantly optimize and constantly be \\u201cproductive.\\u201d She is a Lecturer in the Stanford Department of Art and Art History and author of the bestseller How to Do Nothing, which just came out in paperback. She comes to the subject of time from a very different perspective than our guest on Monday, Ashley Whillans. (If you haven\\u2019t listened to that episode, go do it; these two make a fascinating pairing.) In this conversation, Jenny and I talk about: letting go of our constant demand for productivity and learning to simply look around; the thrilling phenomenon of observing something so deeply that you actually cease to understand it; why moments of disgust, or even existential despair, can actually be quite instructive; and how to divest from what she calls \\u201cthe attention economy\\u201d\\u2013and where to reinvest instead.\\nTake a few minutes to help us out by answering a survey about your experience with this podcast! The team here is always looking for ways to improve, and we\\u2019d love to hear from all of you, but we\\u2019d particularly like to hear from those of you who listen to the podcast and do not use our companion app. Please visit http://www.tenpercent.com/survey to take the survey. Thank you.\\nFull Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/podcast-episode/jenny-odell-319\\n\\nSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.'