Coming from an author with so many descriptors—Stanford professor, artist, birdwatcher, archivist—Jenny Odell’s How to Do Nothing may give the illusion of contradiction when it comes to its creator.
Life is full. Our calendars are jam-packed, our to-do lists are never-ending, and many of us are running on empty. We move through our days on autopilot, hopping from one responsibility to the next, ...