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It's a conundrum typical of the modern condition: we've got too much to do, but too little time.
Someone who thinks a lot about our use of time, as well as the basic concept of time is Jenny Odell.
She's the best-selling author of How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy.
She also taught digital art at Stanford University until 2021.
Her latest book is Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock.
But this is no self-help book. Saving Time challenges how we consider time, looks at the cultural forces that shape our conception of time, and questions how we've become so focused on mastering time.
Jenny Odell is appearing at the Auckland Writer's Festival on Tuesday May 16th from 8.30pm at the Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre at the Aotea Centre.
