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Saving Time Is For Suckers with Jenny Odell

Factually! with Adam Conover

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Early Origins of Productivity Culture and Self-Punishment

The text explores the concept of strategic marriage and the belief that life is all about being an efficiently working machine. It provides context to the productivity bros who promote self-punishing rhetoric. It suggests that the modern mindset of pushing oneself too hard may stem from a history of seeing oneself as both the factory owner and worker.

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