At Work with The Ready cover image

131. The Time of Your Life with Oliver Burkeman

At Work with The Ready

00:00

Is Four Thousand Weeks Too Small?

Four thousand weeks is the number of weeks that you'll get if you live to an average life span in the west. The whole of human civilization has taken to elapse since the ancient sumerians of mesopotamia? It's about 310 thousand weeks. I chose it as the title because i, i don't know, i can't resist a sort of arresting title. But the message of what i am trying to say about our limitations and our finite time was actually quite liberating and even relaxing.

Transcript
Play full episode

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app