Coming from an author with so many descriptors—Stanford professor, artist, birdwatcher, archivist—Jenny Odell’s How to Do Nothing may give the illusion of contradiction when it comes to its creator.

COLLEGE 101 students are required to read Jenny Odell’s best-selling book “How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy” from this year’s Three Books program. An artist, writer and Stanford ...

Oakland author, artist and former Stanford instructor Jenny Odell is perhaps best known for her 2019 best seller, “How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy,” which was named one of the best ...

Jenny Odell is a writer and artist based in Oakland, California. She is the author of Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock and How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy. Nan ...

This weekend, the Theater and Performance Studies (TAPS) department delivered an immersive experience with their devised piece, “For Now.” The production was inspired by Jenny Odell’s New York Times ...