Rosano / Journal

2 entries for Sunday, February 14, 2021

Once, seeing a child drinking from his hands, Diogenes threw away his cup and said, "A child has beaten me in plainness of living." Another time, he loudly admired a mouse for its economy of living.

[Rather than fleeing to the mountains or killing himself, he lived in the midst of a hypocritic society as the embodiment of refusal.]

[When life both inside and outside of society doesn't make sense, create the 'third space' as an alternate frame of reference, a non-answer.]

[In Bartleby's repetitions of 'I would prefer not to', there is no reason given, no reason given for why there is not reason given, and so on.]

[As fewer people find themselves with the margin of privilege to switch off from the attention economy, attention itself might be the last resource we can control.]

Part of Jenny Odell: How to Do Nothing.

[Hyper-accelerated expression on social media produces value for the platform and is a form of communication driven by fear and anger as opposed to reflection and reason. They become like firecrackers that trigger other firecrackers, soon filling the room with smoke. Outrage drives engagement while publishers promote articles that fan the flames.]

[Standing apart is to take the view of an outsider without leaving, to know your enemy, to allow belief in another world while continuing to live in this one.]

Part of Jenny Odell: How to Do Nothing.