"A simple refusal motivates my argument: refusal to believe that the present time and place, and the people who are here with us, are somehow not enough.
Such 'nothings' cannot be tolerated because they cannot be used or appropriated, and provide no deliverables." What the tastes of neoliberal techno manifest-destiny and the culture of Trump have in common is impatience with anything nuanced, poetic, or less-than-obvious. "Given how poorly art survives in a system that only values the bottom line, the stakes are cultural as well. Here are some quotes from the introduction: as an obsessive planner whose daily, hourly schedules have in many ways become a source of anxiety, i've found this book so illuminating and incredible so far and wanted to share with anyone who might be facing the same struggle with productivity and self-worth. odell makes the cast for a radical reunderstanding of doing nothing as an act of political resistance, a refusal to entertain capitalist conceptualizations of self-expression, personal branding, and productivity. I just started it and i figured i would drop a mention in this subreddit.
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