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Mentioned in 13 episodes
The Burnout Society
Book • 2015
Byung-Chul Han interprets the widespread malaise in modern society as an inability to manage negative experiences in an age characterized by excessive positivity and the universal availability of people and goods.
He argues that the shift from a disciplinary society to an achievement society, where individuals are driven by self-monitoring and the desire to achieve, leads to auto-exploitation and burnout.
Han draws on literature, philosophy, and the social and natural sciences to explore the consequences of sacrificing intermittent intellectual reflection for constant neural connection and the impact of hyperattention and multitasking on mental health and culture.
He argues that the shift from a disciplinary society to an achievement society, where individuals are driven by self-monitoring and the desire to achieve, leads to auto-exploitation and burnout.
Han draws on literature, philosophy, and the social and natural sciences to explore the consequences of sacrificing intermittent intellectual reflection for constant neural connection and the impact of hyperattention and multitasking on mental health and culture.
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Mentioned in 13 episodes
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Cal Newport as a popular philosopher whose work provides a philosophical guide to the modern technological environment.
Cal Newport as a popular philosopher whose work provides a philosophical guide to the modern technological environment.
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Ep. 357: What Worries the Internet’s Favorite Philosopher?
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Brett McKay and Stephen Knepper throughout the podcast as a contemporary philosopher whose work explores burnout, the achievement society, and the palliative society.
Brett McKay and Stephen Knepper throughout the podcast as a contemporary philosopher whose work explores burnout, the achievement society, and the palliative society.
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Auto-Exploitation, Positive Violence, and the Palliative Society: A Modern Philosopher’s Ideas for Making Sense of the Present Age
Referenced in connection to story selling that almost everyone ends up doing about themselves.
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Episode #232 ... Byung Chul Han - The Crisis of Narration
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Maryanne Wolf when discussing the accelerated pace of modern life and its impact on attention.
Maryanne Wolf when discussing the accelerated pace of modern life and its impact on attention.
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Rethinking School in the Age of AI
Mentioned in relation to the impact of fire on human attention and culture.
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This Episode is FIRE
Reference to Han's earlier work, setting the stage for his views on overwork and achievement.
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The Spirit of Hope by Byung-Chul Han with Steve Knepper
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Paul Millerd , highlighting his argument that we live in an achievement society that leads to burnout.
Paul Millerd , highlighting his argument that we live in an achievement society that leads to burnout.
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"Dirtbag Rich" - Blake Boles & I Talk About Extracting More Freedom From Life
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Dan Harris as a book that discusses existential tiredness as a potentially positive catalyst for change.
Dan Harris as a book that discusses existential tiredness as a potentially positive catalyst for change.
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How to Do Nothing | Jenny Odell
Mentioned as a more phenomenological and complicated version of "Psychopolitics", dealing with the condition of burnout and mental health.
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PsychoPolitics and Smart Power
Suggested by Christopher Irving and seconded by others.
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Episode 311: The Way to Dusty Death (Shakespeare's "Macbeth")
Mentioned by Barry Falk and Mike Rapici in relation to Simone Weil's ideas on attention, particularly in the context of multitasking and boredom.
#72: Simone Weil -- Attention
Mentioned by the podcast speakers to discuss the negative impacts of modern society's competitive and service-oriented nature.
The Burnout Society by Byung-Chul Han (preview)
