The idea about the convenience thing here is that, like, what is eliminated by making a process more convenient? It's always just assumed, both by the people designing the services and by all of us eagerly adopting them. And then you can find that actually, you'd been undervaluing those things em. The sort of sort of, almost throw away interactions with human beings that you would have if you went to pick up your own food or bought ingredients at the market. You know, all these things are actually kind of really valuable in a way that we that we miss.
Oliver Burkeman is a journalist and author of the book 4000 Weeks: Time Management for Mortals. In this episode we discuss:
- The time management myths that are holding you back - Practical strategies that help you focus on what matters most- The true cost of convenience culture and what you lose
We also talk about how writing the book changed Oliver’s relationship to time, the path to producing original creative work and the issues with self-help culture.