“The economization of our entire lifespan and the apparent compulsion to constant self-optimization are dead ends into which the dynamics of the market economy have led us. Julian -Pörksen asks how we might re-emerge from this state and, drawing on the speculative approaches of Georges Bataille, Walter Benjamin, Michel Foucault, and Friedrich Schiller, recommends an investment in its antithesis: the waste of time and talent without guilt feelings and bad conscience. This is fun to read and leaves you with the exhilarating feeling that you are witnessing a long overdue liberation process.” Carl Hegemann “Pörksen, as a wise and well-informed expert on the matter, introduces us to the modern service society’s ‘economy of time’ . . .  An entertainingly pleasurable read!” Stephanie Bremerich