The Burnout Society - A Philosophy of Work

Main question:
Why do so many of us hate the way work feels today?

Please watch the below video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBmc40_-vo0

Discussion questions:

1. How has work changed over time?
2. How do ideas of freedom and autonomy impact the worker?
3. How does modern work culture interact with identity?
4. How has technology affected how we feel about our work?
5. Should work bring us a sense of meaning? In what ways?
6. Does meaningful work mitigate burnout?

I will have handouts that dive deeper into these questions to guide our discussion as closely or as loosely as we choose :)

Aristotle: “Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.”

Henry David Thoreau: “It is not enough to be busy, so are the ants. The question is: what are we busy about?”

Byung-Chul Han: “In an achievement-oriented society, freedom does not mean the absence of constraints; rather, it means choosing one’s constraints.”