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[Unedited] Parker Palmer and Courtney Martin with Krista Tippett

On Being with Krista Tippett

CHAPTER

The Modern Violence of Overwork

The rush and pressure of modern life are formed, perhaps a most common form of its innate violence. The frenzy of the activist neutralizes his or her work because it kills the root of inner wisdom which makes work fruitful. Parker: I'm here in a society that is obsessed with effectiveness, with outcomes, with results. We're no longer interested in educating a child; we're interested in getting that child to pass tests.

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