A Failed Soviet Experiment Offers A Warning To Today’s Burnout Generation

Among many other factors, technology shifted productivity from a collectivist, nationalist pursuit to one that’s far more individualistic, but the underlying motivation is the same even if the medium has changed. The nepreryvka calendar is a great example of this. In the same way the calendar made it easier for people to mindlessly ease into their

The design of our calendars — the way we arrange our days, weeks, and months — is a reflection of how we aspire to live our lives

For all time’s inherent malleability, people want it to be consistent, and more importantly, they want it to be theirs.