The appropriate amount of effort is zero

https://expandingawareness.org/blog/the-appropriate-amount-of-effort-is-zero/

> Most people put too much effort into everything they do. Here’s a good example from Kristijan around tension in his hands when touching and holding things: Something clicked about inhibition and non-doing (in Alexander Technique), and the strongest effect has been a relaxation of my hands. Like I was

#effort #performance #ProtestantWorkEthic

https://www.bylinesupplement.com/p/britannia-really-unchained-the-burnout?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

So horribly true. #UKPolitics #ProtestantWorkEthic #Gradgrind

"It isn't AI that is the real problem here, it is capitalism as we currently know it requiring everyone to either work or suffer, whether their labor is really required to keep society running or not." Work is not inherently valuable. People are.

https://jamesblaha.medium.com/the-problem-isnt-ai-it-s-requiring-us-to-work-to-live-3cb4a4b468e9 #ai #knowledgework #protestantworkethic

“On Working Too Hard: Finding Balance, And Lessons Learned From Others”, Lawrence Jones (https://blog.lawrencejones.dev/working-too-hard/).

Via HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27729987

#Work #Life #WorkLifeBalance #Overwork #HealthyHabits #DeliberatePractice #SiliconValley #PaulGraham #ProtestantWorkEthic #WorkLife

Why indeed:

"Why Do We Buy Into The 'Cult' Of Overwork?", BBC (https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20210507-why-we-glorify-the-cult-of-burnout-and-overwork).

Via HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27099969

PS: Thou shalt not blindly follow #ElonMusk.

#Work #Overwork #Burnout #Life #WorkLifeBalance #Greed #ProtestantWorkEthic