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In praise of wasting time

Lightman, Alan P., 1948-2018
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Alan Lightman, reveals the benefits of wasting time and allowing our minds to freely roam. We have apps, smart watches and calendars that constantly remind us to be productive and stop wasting time. We have created a frenzied lifestyle in which time is money, with not a minute to be wasted, and the 24 hours of each day are carved up, dissected, and reduced down to small units of efficiency. Professor Alan Lightman documents the rush and heave of the modern world, and examines the many values of 'wasting time' - for replenishing the mind, for creative thought, for finding and solidifying the inner self and letting the mind lie fallow without attempting to accomplish anything and without any assigned tasks.
Main title:
In praise of wasting time / Alan Lightman ; illustrations by Dola Sun.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Ted Books, 2018.
Collation:
102 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 19 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781471168598 (hbk)
Dewey class:
155.9042158.1155.904
LC class:
BF575.S75
Language:
English
BRN:
2212657
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