Becoming Antifragile 025: How Hyper-Productive Work Culture Destroys Leisure And Individual Freedom - Josef Pieper
Lessons from "Leisure: The Basis of Culture" by Josef Pieper.
This book challenges our contemporary work-centric culture and the idea of “total work,” where every aspect of life is dominated by the ethos of work and productivity. Pieper argues that this shift has led to a loss of meaning and a neglect of the liberal arts, which traditionally has been a space for leisure and the cultivation of individual freedom.
Josef Pieper was a professor of philosophy at University of Munster. He was schooled specifically in Greek philosophy and Thomas Aquinas, law and sociology.
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00:00 - Excerpt and background
04:30 - Our work-centric culture vs. leisure
07:10 - Individual freedom comes from leisure
13:30 - When work becomes a religion, leisure makes no sense
16:00 - Hyper-productive state is at odds with enlightenment
19:15 - Servile arts vs. liberal arts
24:30 - Leisure is only possible when you know yourself
33:00 - Crave out a time for leisure
38:00 - Virtues perfect you so that you can act effortlessly
40:10 - Challenge