Saving Time Is For Suckers with Jenny Odell

Factually! with Adam Conover

Headgum

Comedy

4.4 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2023

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

Our conception of time is a construct, so why does it have so much power over us? Adam and author Jenny Odell delve into the history of "time" as we know it, and how the popular obsession with trying to make the most of every second is a losing battle. Pick up Jenny's book at factuallypod.com/books

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0:00.0	This is a HeadGum podcast.
0:03.0	I don't know the truth.
0:06.0	I don't know the way.
0:09.0	I don't know what to think.
0:12.0	I don't know what to say.
0:15.0	Yeah, that's okay.
0:19.0	That's okay.
0:22.0	I don't know anything.
0:25.0	Hello and welcome to Factually.
0:27.0	I'm Adam Connover.
0:28.0	Thank you so much for joining me once again
0:31.0	as I talk to an incredible expert about all the amazing things that they know that I don't know
0:35.0	and that you might not know.
0:37.0	Both of our minds are going to get blown together
0:39.0	and we're going to have so much fun doing it.
0:41.0	Now this week on the show we're talking about time.
0:45.0	I often find myself obsessed with my time and how I use it.
0:48.0	You know, I'll schedule meetings down to the minute.
0:51.0	I'll try and fit as much as I possibly can into every single day
0:55.0	because I know that time is a limited and precious resource.
0:59.0	So I bend over backwards to make productive use of every last second.
1:04.0	But of course, doing all this makes me absolutely miserable.
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