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Workaholism and hustle culture are certainly nothing new, but now it’s not just about being efficient at work, but reworking every aspect of your entire life to be “productive.” There’s a pervasive feeling that nothing in life is worthwhile if it doesn’t count as being productive – but productive pretty much always boils down to financially lucrative. In a world where making ends meet feels harder than ever, we’ve all been pushed into framing our lives around chasing capital and “maximizing our profits” like we’re over-the-top venture capitalists and not just… people trying to live our human lives. So let’s take a look at this modern streak of ‘toxic productivity’, the media and pop culture it evolved out of, and how we can best try to combat it and take back our hobbies and peace of mind.


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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
01:11 Productivity culture ruining our entire lives
03:05 Even our hobbies have to be "productive"
03:56 Thanks to Factor
04:59 How toxic productivity took over in the first place
06:13 How social media escalated everything
07:59 Beloved characters (that had really bad work/life balance...)
09:48 Shifting away from the productivity mindset
11:30 So... what now?


The Take was created by Debra Minoff & Susannah McCullough
This video was written by Isabel Inadomi, narrated by Charly Bivona, produced by Jessica Babineaux, and edited by Derek Little