Why We Should do More of Nothing

“Nothing is harder to do than nothing”  is how artist Jenny Odell  begins her book, How to Do Nothing. Resisting the Attention Economy.  I was intrigued by the title of this book as I have felt the pressure of quarantine, after quitting my job to aid my three kids in remote learning, to “upskill”, take…

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Don’t Look for God in A Story

I found myself startled  in the 20th chapter, of Yuval Noah Harari’s book, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century.  The chapter was titled “Meaning”, and in it, Harari explains the human tendency to create meaning through stories and how this kind of thinking is flawed.  He begins with the fact that we are story-telling animals…

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