This book is very related to the… Attention Economy
“I hope that the figure of ‘doing nothing’ in opposition to a productivity-obsessed environment can help restore individuals who can then help restore communities, human and beyond.”
How to be out of sync from chrononormativity as a way of resistance-in-place ? Is truly possible? Explore examples of communes in the 60s
Thesis
resistance-in-place
resistance-in-place means “embracing and trying to inhabit somewhat fuzzier or blobbier ideas: of maintenance as productivity, of the importance of nonverbal communication, and of the mere experience of life as the highest goal. It means recognizing and celebrating a form of the self that changes over time, exceeds algorithmic description, and whose identity doesn’t always stop at the boundary of the individual”
“In an environment completely geared toward capitalist appropriation of even our smallest thoughts, doing this isn’t any less uncomfortable than wearing the wrong outfit to a place with a dress code… to remain in this state takes commitment, discipline, and will”
“Doing nothing is hard.”