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We’ve been strategically stripped of our ability to relax, which has taken away our ability to create, and most of us have completely forgotten how to have fun and goof off and play. Without our ability to relax, create, and play, we lose our ability to simply exist.
There’s always so much to do, so many moving parts to keep spinning. And if I’m lucky enough to get a second to breathe, there’s absolutely no way I have the capacity to do anything else with it but dissociate or nap or cry or stare blankly at a wall or a screen until the next thing demands my attention.
All work and no play means chronic stress, sleep deprivation, long hours, endless grinding, and bleak visions for the future.Reforms aimed at promoting work-life balance, limiting overtime hours, and ensuring adequate rest can work.
Marx's writing: Human Requirements and Division of Labour Under the Rule of Private Property
PubMed: Unveiling the Global Surge: Unraveling the Factors Fueling the Spread of Karoshi Syndrome
YouTube: Will We All Work Until We Die?
Forbes: Micro-retirement
Forbes: Karoshi
Article: Negotiating a 4 day workweek
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