Foundational “anti-work” books for recovering workaholics and work-humpers
How about Leisure: the basis of culture by Josef Pieper
Thank you for the reco! Since posting this, I've ran into a couple more works that definitely need to be included, so this is due for an update. I'll be looking into this too, looks super interesting.
Thanks for all the recommendations. Added a few of them to my reading list. A few others to consider:
- Work, by James Suzeman >> anthropologist’s take on how work evolved (including how hunter-gatherers only worked 15 hrs a week)
- The Burnout Society, by Byung Chul-Han >> how no one is exploiting us, but more frightening, we now exploit ourselves
- Moral Mazes, by Robert Jackall >> best combo of insightful + dark humor, into a look at politics in corporate life
Oooh, these sound super interesting! Thanks
How about Leisure: the basis of culture by Josef Pieper
Thank you for the reco! Since posting this, I've ran into a couple more works that definitely need to be included, so this is due for an update. I'll be looking into this too, looks super interesting.
Thanks for all the recommendations. Added a few of them to my reading list. A few others to consider:
- Work, by James Suzeman >> anthropologist’s take on how work evolved (including how hunter-gatherers only worked 15 hrs a week)
- The Burnout Society, by Byung Chul-Han >> how no one is exploiting us, but more frightening, we now exploit ourselves
- Moral Mazes, by Robert Jackall >> best combo of insightful + dark humor, into a look at politics in corporate life
Oooh, these sound super interesting! Thanks