We’re optimizing ourselves to death
Zander Nethercutt provides some great insights in the mechanisms in play that can lead to burnout.
When we see long weekends and think “work before play,” when we see Friday nights and think “sleep before clubs,” when we see escalators as accelerators and not opportunities to “just take a second,” we’re nothing more than hyperrational prisoners making a decision that would be inaccurately characterized as a dilemma because the answer is obvious.
Read more [medium.com]