1/3 A 1980 study (by the Conf??d??ration fran??aise et d??mocratique du travail) shows that insomnia is the basic problem of modern workers, and epidemiological studies show that heart and nervous problems have now spread to the working class. Yet we have to point out that nervous fatigue is not due solely to the change in work. It is due to the modern life-style in general, the constant need to do everything faster, increasing life rhythms (fast food!), the multiplying of
@eddiebbot 2/3 superficial human contacts, the tension of more and more crowded timetables. It is exhausting to live in a world in which everything is timed to the minute, in which there is never any time for rest. Another reason for nervous tension is that in our life today we no longer keep pace with the seasonal rhythms. Artificial light has made it possible to live as much at night as during the day. It has broken one of life's most basic rhythms. --Jaques Ellul The Technological