Work

︎ Essay

The New York Times

Erin Griffith

Published January 26 2019

01 Why Are Young People Pretending to Love Work?

︎ Essay

The Atlantic

Derek Thompson

Published February 24 2019

02 Workism is Making Americans Miserable

︎ Essay

BuzzFeed

Anne Helen Petersen

Published January 5 2019

03 How Millennials Became The Burnout Generation

︎ Podcast

The Ezra Klein Show

Ezra Klein

Published April 22 2019

04 Work as Identity, Burnout as Lifestyle

︎ Essay

Aeon

James Livingston

Published November 26 2016

05 Fuck Work

︎ Video

The School of Life

The Book of Life

Published Juyl 17 2015

06 History of Ideas: Work

︎ Essay

Strike!

David Graeber

Published August 2013

07 On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs: A Work Rant

︎ Essay

The Boston Globe

Katie Johnston

Published July 17 2015

08 Millennials Aren’t Lazy, They’re Workaholics

︎ Essay

Esquire

Dwight Garner

Published May 1 2019

09 Is Ambition Overrated?

︎ Podcast

Bad with Money

Gabby Dunn

Published December 17 2019

10 What Work Looks Like: The Netherlands & South Korea

︎ Essay

The Economist, 1843 Magazine

Ryan Avent

Published April/May 2016

11 Why Do We Work So Hard?

︎ Essay

The New York Times

Olga Mecking

Published April 29 2019

12 The Case for Doing Nothing

︎ Essay

Man Repeller

Molly Conway

Published February 18 2019

13 The Modern Trap of Turning Hobbies Into Hustles

︎ Essay

Man Repeller

Molly Conway

Published May 16 2019

14 The Radical Notion of Not Letting Work Define You

︎ Podcast

TED Radio Hour

Guy Raz

Published October 2 2015

15 The Meaning of Work

︎ Video

The School of Life

The Book of Life

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16 The Good Sides of Work

︎ Essay

The New York Times

Tim Kreider

Published June 30 2012

17 The Busy Trap

︎ Podcast

The Happiness Lab

Dr. Laurie Santos

Published May 24 2020

18 For Whom the Alarm Clock Tolls

︎ Book

Melville House Publishing

Jenny Odell

Published 2019

19 How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy

︎ Podcast

A Wild New Work

Megan Leatherman

Ongoing

20 A Wild New Work: Ecological Guidance for Your Career

︎ Essay

The New Yorker

Toni Morrison

Published May 29, 2017

21 The Work You Do, The Person You Are

︎ Podcast

The Ezra Klein Show

Ezra Klein

Published June 29, 2021

22 Why Do We Work So Damn Much?

︎ Podcast

NPR

Bonus Episode: Up First

Published July 11, 2021

23 Why Are Americans Leaving Their Jobs?

︎ Essay

Substack

Anne Helen Peterson

Published July 11, 2021

24 Who’s Afraid of the Four Day Work Week?

︎ Podcast

NYTimes

Ezra Klein

Published July 20, 2021

25 This Conversation Will Change How You Think About Thinking

︎ Essay

NYTimes

Cassady Rosenblum

Published August 22, 2021

26 Work is a False Idol

︎ Essay

The New Yorker

Arthur C. Brooks

Published September 2, 2021

27 The Secret to Happiness at Work

︎ Podcast

NPR

Elise Hu & Clare Marie Schneider

Published September 24, 2021

28 You Aren't Lazy. You Just Need To Slow Down

︎ Essay

NYTimes

Guest Opinion | Jonathan Malesic
With resolutions from New York Times readers

Published September 22, 2021

29 The Future of Work Should Mean Working Less

︎ Essay

The Atlantic

Charlie Warzel & Anne Helen Petersen

Published December 5, 2021

30 How to Care Less About Work

︎ Essay

The Atlantic

Erin A. Cech

Published November 12 2021

31 The Danger of Really Loving Your Job

︎ Essay

The New York Times

Elliot Kukla

Published January 20 2022

32 The Most Valuable Thing I Can Teach My Kid is How to be Lazy

︎ Essay

The Imperfectionist

Oliver Burkeman

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33 The Three-or-Four-Hours Rule for Getting Creative Work Done

︎ Essay

The New York Times

Opinion | Dan Lyons

Published August 31 2017

34 In Silicon Valley, Working 9 to 5 is For Losers

︎ Essay

Signal v. Noise

David Heinemeier Hansson

Published May 30 2017

35 Trickle-down Workaholism in Startups

︎ Book

Crown Publishing Group

Celeste Headlee

Published 2021

36 Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing & Underlivin

︎ Essay

The Atlantic

Derek Thompson

Published September 9, 2022

37 Your Career is Just One-Eighth of Your Life

︎ Essay

The Roof is on Phire

Jenny Zhang

Published October 18, 2022

38 Labour of Love

︎ Essay

The New Yorker

Cal Newport

Published November 2, 2022

39 What Hunter-Gatherers Can Teach Us About the Frustrations of Modern Work

︎ Essay

From the book “Hell Yeah or No”

Derek Sivers

Published December 19, 2016

40 How to Do What You Love and Make Good Money

︎ Book

Penguin Random House

Simon Stolzoff

Published May 3, 2023

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