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Ezra Klein recently interviewed Anne Helen Petersen (Buzzfeed) and Derek Thompson (The Atlantic) about this topic. I think they hit on a lot of the things I've been feeling and some of the struggles I have trying to think through a fix — we need to shift both structural and personal thinking on this topic.

https://megaphone.link/VMP7590220227

These are the two articles these authors are known for:

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/annehelenpetersen/mille...

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/02/religion-w...




That was a fantastic podcast and I came here to say the same thing. The thing I found most interesting was when they discussed curating social media as effectively work, making it so some people feel like they need to post that picture of the birthday/garden/pet/hairdo/etc or it didn't happen and the task isn't completed until you post.

It really made me think about how work isn't just cutting into our pleasure and relaxation times, but it is turning things that were initially created to be pleasurable into work.




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