Anxiety
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Existentialism: Crash Course Philosophy #16
Video In this video, Crash Course covers the philosophical idea of essentialism and its response – existentialism. The video then discusses...
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How Millennials Became The Burnout Generation
Article In this article, Peterson explains how the stereotypes commonly associated with millennials - lazy, entitled, spoiled - can mostly be...
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How to Care Less About Work
Article In this article, Charlie Warzel and Anne Helen Peterson argue that American working culture is unsustainable. Warzel and Peterson ask: when...
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Status Anxiety (Video)
Video In this video, The School of Life discusses status anxiety – the anxiety that arises when we get asked "what...
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‘Success Addicts’ Choose Being Special Over Being Happy
Article In this article, Brooks compares the relentless pursuit of success to an addiction. He argues that work can be a...
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The Burnout Society
Book In this book, philosopher Byung-Chul Han argues that the so-called advances of the 21st century were supposed to make our lives...
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The Dangers of Having Too Little to Do
Video In this video, the School of Life argues that, while we think we'll be happy once the work is done,...
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The existentialist’s reluctant guide to life
Article In this article, Ephrat Livni and Olivia Goldhill contend that even those who feel constant existential dread brings a sort of freedom....
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The Myth of Sisyphus
Philosophical Text In The Myth of Sisyphus, Camus explores what he takes to be the absurdity of the human condition. He likens us...
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The Return of Work in Critical Theory: Self, Society, Politics
Book In this book, the authors explore what work is and why it is significant for us as people. They begin...