Saving Time by Jenny Odell Summary
Overview of Saving Time
In "Saving Time," Jenny Odell dismantles our clock-obsessed culture, revealing how modern timekeeping became a tool of control. What if escaping the "corporate clock" isn't about productivity hacks, but rediscovering pre-industrial rhythms? A radical manifesto for reclaiming time beyond capitalism.
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The Clock That Rules Us All
Time wasn't always money. The seemingly neutral ticking of our clocks masks a history of control and exploitation. When factory owners declared "time is money," they weren't stating a universal truth but advancing a specific worldview that served their interests. The mechanical clock emerged not as an innocent technology but as a tool for control-first organizing prayer schedules in monasteries, then coordinating labor in factories. Colonial powers imposed Western clock time worldwide, judging societies by how "progressed" their time systems appeared. Imagine the revealing exchange between a colonial commissioner demanding to know an Aboriginal man's numerical age, while the man referenced natural markers like "no whiskers"-two fundamentally different ways of understanding time colliding. Modern management techniques have disturbing origins in slave plantations, where owners meticulously tracked labor output. Thomas Jefferson calculated precise labor outputs in his memoranda, while plantation owners conducted time-motion studies similar to those Frederick Winslow Taylor would later popularize. The concept of selling your time through wages is surprisingly recent. In early 19th-century America, self-employed people outnumbered wage earners. After the Civil War, both white workers and Black freedpeople compared wage labor to slavery. As miner Richard L. Davis noted, "none of us who toil for our daily bread are free."
The Self as Factory
Time's Unequal Distribution
Leisure as Commodity
Beyond the Anthropocene's False Inevitability
Creating Alternative Time Communities
Time as Co-Creation, Not Conquest
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Cree par des anciens de Columbia University a San Francisco
"Instead of endless scrolling, I just hit play on BeFreed. It saves me so much time."
"I never knew where to start with nonfiction—BeFreed’s book lists turned into podcasts gave me a clear path."
"Perfect balance between learning and entertainment. Finished ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ on my commute this week."
"Crazy how much I learned while walking the dog. BeFreed = small habits → big gains."
"Reading used to feel like a chore. Now it’s just part of my lifestyle."
"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
"BeFreed replaced my podcast queue. Imagine Spotify for books — that’s it. 🙌"
"It is great for me to learn something from the book without reading it."
"The themed book list podcasts help me connect ideas across authors—like a guided audio journey."
"Makes me feel smarter every time before going to work"
"Instead of endless scrolling, I just hit play on BeFreed. It saves me so much time."
"I never knew where to start with nonfiction—BeFreed’s book lists turned into podcasts gave me a clear path."
"Perfect balance between learning and entertainment. Finished ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ on my commute this week."
"Crazy how much I learned while walking the dog. BeFreed = small habits → big gains."
"Reading used to feel like a chore. Now it’s just part of my lifestyle."
"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
"BeFreed replaced my podcast queue. Imagine Spotify for books — that’s it. 🙌"
"It is great for me to learn something from the book without reading it."
"The themed book list podcasts help me connect ideas across authors—like a guided audio journey."
"Makes me feel smarter every time before going to work"
"Instead of endless scrolling, I just hit play on BeFreed. It saves me so much time."
"I never knew where to start with nonfiction—BeFreed’s book lists turned into podcasts gave me a clear path."
"Perfect balance between learning and entertainment. Finished ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ on my commute this week."
"Crazy how much I learned while walking the dog. BeFreed = small habits → big gains."
"Reading used to feel like a chore. Now it’s just part of my lifestyle."
"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
"BeFreed replaced my podcast queue. Imagine Spotify for books — that’s it. 🙌"
"It is great for me to learn something from the book without reading it."
"The themed book list podcasts help me connect ideas across authors—like a guided audio journey."
"Makes me feel smarter every time before going to work"
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