Philosophical
What if exhaustion isn't from too much work, but too much 'yes'?
The old model of suffering was about being told "no." Strict bosses, rigid rules, authoritarian systems. But Byung-Chul Han argues that today's exhaustion comes from the opposite: a world that keeps saying "you can".
The achievement-subject exploits itself until it burns out.— Byung-Chul Han
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The thinker
Cultural Philosopher & Social Critic
Byung-Chul Han is a Korean-born German philosopher whose books on modern life, digital culture, and burnout have made him one of the most widely read thinkers in the world.
Based on The Burnout Society — Byung-Chul Han (Stanford University Press), summarised and reframed by Insights.
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