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We're burned out. Here's why.

Jared Henderson
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Head to https://80000hours.org/jaredhenderson to start planning a career that is meaningful, fulfilling, and helps solve one of the world’s most pressing problems. We all feel burnout. So let's take some time to look at the psychology, philosophy, and anthropology behind burnout. We'll talk about psychologists like Herbert Freudenberger and philosophers Bertrand Russell and Byung-Chul Han to get to the bottom of this. → Sources Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics: https://bookshop.org/a/86121/97802260... Bertrand Russell, In Praise of Idleness: https://bookshop.org/a/86121/97804153... Deloitte, Workplace Burnout Survey: https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/pages... Einzelganger, "Why We're All Burning Out:"    • Why We’re All Burning Out | Byung-Chu...   Ethics at Work, "Unpacking 'The Burn Out Society'":    • Unpacking "The Burn Out Society": Pro...   De l’Estoile and Ourdet, “Well-Paid to do Nothing?”: https://shs.cairn.info/journal-regard... Graeber …...more
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We're burned out. Here's why.
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Dec 182024
Head to https://80000hours.org/jaredhenderson to start planning a career that is meaningful, fulfilling, and helps solve one of the world’s most pressing problems. We all feel burnout. So let's take some time to look at the psychology, philosophy, and anthropology behind burnout. We'll talk about psychologists like Herbert Freudenberger and philosophers Bertrand Russell and Byung-Chul Han to get to the bottom of this. → Sources Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics: https://bookshop.org/a/86121/97802260... Bertrand Russell, In Praise of Idleness: https://bookshop.org/a/86121/97804153... Deloitte, Workplace Burnout Survey: https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/pages... Einzelganger, "Why We're All Burning Out:"    • Why We’re All Burning Out | Byung-Chu...   Ethics at Work, "Unpacking 'The Burn Out Society'":    • Unpacking "The Burn Out Society": Pro...   De l’Estoile and Ourdet, “Well-Paid to do Nothing?”: https://shs.cairn.info/journal-regard... Graeber, "On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs:" https://strikemag.org/bullshit-jobs/ Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: https://bookshop.org/a/86121/97815011... Han, The Burnout Society: https://bookshop.org/a/86121/97808047... Kenkō, Essays in Idleness: https://bookshop.org/a/86121/97801411... Laurie Santos, "3 signs that you've hit clinical burnout and should seek help":    • 3 signs that you’ve hit clinical burn...   NPR on Freudenberger: https://www.npr.org/2016/12/08/504864... NYT, "Yale’s Happiness Professor Says Anxiety Is Destroying Her Students" : https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2... Overthink, "The Burnout Society:"    • Byung-Chul Han, The Burnout Society   Robin Waldun, "A Philosophical Critique of Hustle Culture:"    • The Price We Pay For Being Productive...   Simon Walo, "Bullshit After All?": https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1... Soffia et al: Alienation is Not Bullshit https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full... Bookshop links are affiliates, meaning I earn a small commission from your purchases.
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Jared Henderson

481K subscribers