Best of “How To”: Waste Time

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How to Keep Time

自我完善

2024-12-16

35 分钟

第 7 季 第 4 集

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Our latest season of How To is a collection of our favorite episodes from past seasons—a best-of series focused on slowing down, making space, and finding meaning in our hectic lives. This episode, from our fifth season, How to Keep Time, features co-hosts Ian Bogost and Becca Rashid in conversation with Oliver Burkeman to explore what it can look like to let go in a culture preoccupied with productivity. Write to us at howtopodcast@theatlantic.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • This episode is brought to you by PepsiCo.

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  • Fans of food.

  • Hey, it's Megan Garber, one of the co hosts of how to Know what's Real.

  • We're excited to share with you a special series drawn from past seasons of the how to series.

  • For the last few weeks, we've been revisiting episodes around the theme of redirecting energy and winding down.

  • This episode is from season five, how to Keep time, and it's called how to Waste Time.

  • Co hosts Ian Bogust and Becca Rashid explore what it can look like to let go in a culture preoccupied with productivity and why letting go could be just the right thing.

  • So, Ian, when I sent you that voice note yesterday, I just wanted to let you in my head a little bit.

  • Hello, Ian.

  • Alas, I'm waiting at the bus stop.

  • And seems it will never come.

  • A small glimpse into how anxious I am, just waiting for anything.

  • I don't know what to do.

  • Do I just start walking?

  • Do I give up?

  • Do I walk to the metro?

  • At this point, who really knows?

  • It's been probably four minutes.