Where do hyperattention, hyper-productivity, and promoting constant personal improvement lead? To a burnout society, according to contemporary philosopher Byung-Chul Han. In this short video, professor Ellie Anderson discusses Han's book and some of the ideas he develops in it: The Burnout Society. Enjoy! Keeping up the "Spreading the Word" tradition, I hope to share an … Continue reading Spreading the Word: Burnout Society
Spreading the Word: Toxic Productivity Culture
Are you doing your best to be productive and to improve your productivity? Trying to work as efficiently as possible? Many of us are, and why shouldn't we, productivity is a good thing, isn't it? Paradoxically, all these efforts to maximise our productivity can sometimes turn out to be... counterproductive. For example, we may come … Continue reading Spreading the Word: Toxic Productivity Culture
Spreading the Word: Newton, Self-isolation and Productivity
In this week's "Spreading the Word", I share with you an article by a professor of science Thomas Levenson published recently in The New Yorker. In it, our seemingly increased expectation to be more productive during the time spent in self-isolation is reviewed from an interesting point of view - taking Isaac Newton as an … Continue reading Spreading the Word: Newton, Self-isolation and Productivity
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