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For Whom the Alarm Clock Tolls

The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos

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Idling Is Not Working - It's Taking Time to Do Nothing

Tom is like a resistance fighter at war with this tyrannical concept of time. And his primary weapon in the struggle is idling. Idling is the act of loafing, taking time to do nothing. His books are manifestoes against the cult of productivity that many of us grew up with. When you're not working, when you're reflecting, when you're walking around the graves with your friends and talking about art and love,. that's when you're really living....

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