Fuck the Cult of Productivity
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Fuck the Cult of Productivity
Presence is far more intricate and rewarding an art than productivity. Ours is a culture that measures our worth as human beings by our efficiency, our earnings, our ability to perform this or that. The cult of productivity has its place, but worshipping at its altar daily robs us of the very capacity for joy and wonder that makes life worth living... See more
Maria Popova • 13 Life-Learnings from 13 Years of Brain Pickings
what we really need—more so than righteous disdain or brash new policy—is a slower conception of what it even means to be productive in the first place.