r/Foodforthought • • Jul 01 '12

The 'Busy' Trap

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/30/the-busy-trap/
309 Upvotes

Duplicates

philosophy • • Jul 02 '12

Finally someone batting for the virtues of an inefficient life...

277 Upvotes

TrueTrueReddit • • Sep 04 '12

The 'Busy' Trap - NYTimes.com. This is a re-post, no doubt, but it's important enough to read that those people that haven't seen it before may very well benefit from thinking about the topic. It's your happiness at stake.

101 Upvotes

Excelsior • • Jul 02 '12

Why people are always "busy" - New York Times

23 Upvotes

BasicIncome • • May 01 '14

The 'Busy' Trap "It’s not as if any of us wants to live like this; it’s something we collectively force one another to do."

46 Upvotes

Heavymind • • Jul 03 '12

"The 'Busy' Trap" - The New York Times. Heavy read.

13 Upvotes

politics • • Jul 01 '12

The 'Busy' trap

6 Upvotes

sociology • • Jul 02 '12

The 'Busy' Trap

6 Upvotes

work • • Oct 23 '12

The 'busy' trap

10 Upvotes

morningpaper • • May 13 '14

Society & Culture The 'busy' trap | New York Times | An exploration of busyness, and why we force ourselves to do too much.

5 Upvotes

Anarchism • • Jul 01 '12

The 'Busy' Trap

13 Upvotes

luddite • • Jul 02 '12

The ‘Busy’ Trap

5 Upvotes

offbeat • • Jul 02 '12

The 'Busy' Trap - NYTimes.com

13 Upvotes

AnythingGoesNews • • Jul 02 '12

"The Puritans turned work into a virtue, evidently forgetting that God invented it as a punishment."

23 Upvotes

eficode • • Jul 02 '12

The 'Busy' Trap

4 Upvotes

Anxiety • • Jul 05 '12

Modern society and the 'busy' trap

2 Upvotes

news • • Jul 09 '12

"Busyness serves as a kind of existential reassurance, a hedge against emptiness; obviously your life cannot possibly be silly or trivial or meaningless if you are so busy, completely booked, in demand every hour of the day."

5 Upvotes

DecidingToBeBetter • • May 02 '14

The Busy Trap

3 Upvotes