Nicole

“Diogenes thought every “sane” person in the world was actually insane for heeding any of the customs upholding a world full of greed, corruption, and ignorance.”
― Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy

“In the context of health and ecology, things that grow unchecked are often considered parasitic or cancerous. Yet we inhabit a culture that privileges novelty and growth over the cyclical and the regenerative.”
― Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy

“Let’s not forget that, in a time of increasing climate-related events, those who help you will likely not be your Twitter followers; they will be your neighbors.”
― Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy

“Our aimless and desperate expressions on these platforms don’t do much for us, but they are hugely lucrative for advertisers and social media companies, since what drives the machine is not the content of information but the rate of engagement.”
― Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy