Fuck the Cult of Productivity
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Fuck the Cult of Productivity
“The spirit of the times is one of joyless urgency,” writes the essayist Marilynne Robinson, who observes that many of us spend our lives “preparing ourselves and our children to be means to inscrutable ends that are utterly not our own.” Our struggle to stay on top of everything may serve someone’s interests; working longer hours—and using any ext
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The relentless overload that’s wearing us down is generated by a belief that “good” work requires increasing busyness—faster responses to email and chats, more meetings, more tasks, more hours. But when we look closer at this premise, we fail to find a firm foundation.
Cal Newport • Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
Why Are We So Exhausted?
Cal Newport • Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
Despite what Silicon Valley’s productivity prophets preach, cranking out more widgets faster doesn’t equal a life well-lived. Their gospel of optimisation ignores the fundamental question: what’s the point of being 10x more productive if we’re not 10x more fulfilled?
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