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I think productivity is really a race to the bottom um it's I think that the that a lot has been said about how humans uh or machines are trying to be more human but I think less has been said about how humans have for decades uh been trained to be machines
and we have a lot of unlearning to do because if we focus on efficiency and optimization and
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Andreas Vlach and added
It seems like the benefits of technology have created the ability to stack more into our day and onto our schedules than we have the capacity to handle while maintaining a level of quality which makes the things worth doing. . . . I think that’s where the burnout really hurts—when you want to care about something but you’re removed from the capacit
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HAIDER SAMSARA added
Thinking about how the productivity movement in general is transitioning towards more mindfulness
Working with unceasing intensity is artificial and unsustainable. In the moment, it might exude a false sense of usefulness, but when continued over time, it estranges us from our fundamental nature, generates misery, and, from a strictly economic perspective, almost certainly holds us back from reaching our full capabilities. A more natural, slowe
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