Burnout
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Dialogue Group 3
Dialogue Group This dialogue group meeting prompt was used in the Ethical and Professional Issues Course in Notre Dame's Computer Science and...
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Facebook And Our Phones May Be Wreaking Havoc On Our Morality - Vox
Article Digital distractions such as social media and smartphones wreak havoc on our attention spans. Could they also be making us...
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Forced to Love the Grind
Article In this article, Miya Tokumitsu argues that the modern workplace pressures workers to "love to grind," a trend which is both counterproductive...
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Give Up On Work-Life Balance
Article In this article, Olga Khazan argues that the best way to stay sane while managing work and life is to...
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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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How to Recognize Burnout Before You're Burned Out
Article This article explains what burnout is and enumerates common work stressors, signs of burnout to watch for, and ways to combat burnout...
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In Silicon Valley, Working 9 to 5 Is For Losers
Article In this article, Dan Lyons describes the "Hustle Culture" phenomenon in Silicon Valley, where workers idolize overworking. Lyons outlines some...
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Maybe We All Need a Little Less Balance
Article In this article, Brad Stulberg argues that balance is not something we should strive for. Stulberg argues that people are...
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Rest
Book The description for this book is as follows: "Overwork is the new normal. Rest is something to do when the...
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Should Work Be Passion, or Duty?
Article In this article, Firmin DeBrabander points out that, as factors like productivity and quality of life increase, other countries are working less...
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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 Case For Doing Nothing
Article In this article, Olga Mecking introduces the Danish concept niksen--doing nothing. Mecking highlights the benefits of doing nothing from time to time--it...
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The compelling case for working a lot less
Article In this article, Amanda Ruggieri explores the compelling evidence against nonstop work, including that the work produced at the end...
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The Cult of Overwork
Article In this article, James Surowiecki argues that overwork is increasingly characteristic of high-paid workers. However, overwork worsens productivity and quality. The effects...
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The Reality of Developer Burnout
Article In this article, Kenneth Reitz shares his experience of software developer burnout and outlines mechanisms he put in place to...
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What happens when we work non-stop
Article In this article, José Luis Peñarredonda discusses the experience of overworked workers, despite overwhelming evidence that working a healthy number of hours increases...
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What is Burnout?
Video In this video, Dr. Larissa Thomas, focusing mostly on physicians, covers the three main elements of burnout: emotional exhaustion, cynicism...
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Workism is Making Americans Miserable
Article In this article, Derek Thompson outlines the new "workism" phenomenon. Despite predictions from 20th century intellectuals that Americans in the...