
In Conversation: Feeling burned out? Here’s how to rethink work.
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How Did We Get Stuck Here?
In the early twentieth century, there was this real hope that the continued mechanization of so many processes would mean that we would do less work. The other key thing, and i think this is superinteresting, happens in the 19 sixtie, seven hs, eighties with the growth of consultants and finance bankers. That is their understanding of what excellence looks like. A some one is committed if they are working long hours. When you think about who wis capable of being in the office much, it's someone who doesn't have care giving responsibilities. It's someone who has completely allowed their life to be subsumed by their work.
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