We're burned out. Here's why.

Jared Henderson December 18, 2024
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Philosophy for the modern world.

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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/86121/9780226026756 Bertrand Russell, In Praise of Idleness: https://bookshop.org/a/86121/9780415325066 Deloitte, Workplace Burnout Survey: https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/pages/about-deloitte/articles/burnout-survey.html Einzelganger, "Why We're All Burning Out:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlRlWuEyt8E&t=8s Ethics at Work, "Unpacking 'The Burn Out Society'": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF_DSdWSA6k De l’Estoile and Ourdet, “Well-Paid to do Nothing?”: https://shs.cairn.info/journal-regards-croises-sur-l-economie-2020-2-page-231?lang=en Graeber, "On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs:" https://strikemag.org/bullshit-jobs/ Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: https://bookshop.org/a/86121/9781501143335 Han, The Burnout Society: https://bookshop.org/a/86121/9780804795098 Kenkō, Essays in Idleness: https://bookshop.org/a/86121/9780141192109 Laurie Santos, "3 signs that you've hit clinical burnout and should seek help": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMbhM59K5FQ NPR on Freudenberger: https://www.npr.org/2016/12/08/504864961/when-a-psychologist-succumbed-to-stress-he-coined-the-term-burnout NYT, "Yale’s Happiness Professor Says Anxiety Is Destroying Her Students" : https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/02/21/magazine/laurie-santos-interview.html Overthink, "The Burnout Society:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qikrYBd4tw Robin Waldun, "A Philosophical Critique of Hustle Culture:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Pev1eSJQNk Simon Walo, "Bullshit After All?": https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09500170231175771 Soffia et al: Alienation is Not Bullshit https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/09500170211015067 Bookshop links are affiliates, meaning I earn a small commission from your purchases.

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