Breaking Down Ego and Boundaries

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This chapter explores the experiences of care and how they dismantle ego and boundaries. It delves into the contrast between cultural individual identity and the desire for softer boundaries, as well as moments of overflow and the difficulty of doing nothing. The chapter also discusses how societal values and language shape our perception and highlights the challenges of breaking away from external validation.

Author and artist, Jenny Odell, discusses how to break from the attention economy long enough to feel fully alive in a culture obsessed with productivity. She shares stories of her encounters with nature, how to be creative instead of productive, how to be less useful in order to survive, and the real reason for art and rest. This is a deep dive about how to stay human in a world that wants us to become machines.

About Jenny:

Jenny Odell is a multidisciplinary artist and the New York Times bestselling author of How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy and Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock. Her writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times, Sierra magazine, and other publications. She lives in Oakland, California.

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