You hint a little bit in the book about how the current time management ethos actually perpetuates inequalities as well. When business is prestige, then it forces everyone else to play into those patterns we just talked about. Can you talk a little bit more about that connection between business and prestige and inequality? Yes. I mean, it's a huge topic that i don't really have not gone into an in in vast depth. But i think you're absolutely well. I'm right when i say that am part of part tgoes on here.
Why does it always feel like there aren’t enough hours in the day to get work done? How did we come to see time as a resource we could manipulate and exploit? Why does achieving “inbox zero” come with bragging rights? And how has the belief that we can command and control time totally warped not only our personal lives, but also our working lives?
In today's episode of Brave New Work, Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans start to tease apart a few of the brain-expanding questions with guest Oliver Burkeman, the best-selling author of Four Thousand Weeks. Together, they explore what we don’t talk about when we talk about modern time management.
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