The big idea: are our short attention spans really getting shorter?
It feels like we live in an era of constant distraction, but the truth is more complex
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It feels like we live in an era of constant distraction, but the truth is more complex
Think about this: In your life, you will live about 4,000 weeks. If that puts your own mortality into rather harsh perspective, I’m right there with you. In weeks, 4,000 seems like an insultingly short amount of time — and we’re already through a whole lot of them.
On my father’s 75th birthday, he announced some news: He no longer intended to learn Spanish. He told me that for most of his life he imagined he would one
Get comfortable with accomplishing less.
In her new book, Jenny Odell argues that structural forces have commodified our moments, days, and years. Can our lost time be reclaimed?