Post-individualism

Will we update our scripts and stories about how the world actually works? Or is this a conversation that people just don’t want to have? Is it easier to pretend that everyone can make it?

I don’t have good answers to these questions, but I sense the disconnect between what people believe at a societal level and the market finding reality of an

“I’m not interested in myself per se. I’m interested in myself as theme carrier, as host.”

― David Shields, Reality Hunger

Burnout, then, is an outcome of an interaction between burnout producing environmental factors and individually susceptible workers.