Doing nothing is restorative labor directed at unprofitable community ties

Evidence

I hope that the figure of “doing nothing” in opposition to a productivity-obsessed environment can help restore individuals who can then help restore communities, human and beyond. And most of all, I hope it can help people find ways of connecting that are substantive, sustaining, and absolutely unprofitable to corporations, whose metrics and algorithms have never belonged in the conversations we have about our thoughts, our feelings, and our survival. — Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing, 42

Categorization

• DEFINE: Names the third redirection — connecting substantially and unprofitably — completing the three moves the reader set out to enumerate.
• SEED: The ‘absolutely unprofitable to corporations’ criterion could anchor an essay distinguishing genuine community repair from commodified wellness.