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A video essay on the damaging effects of hyper-productivity and how it affects the quality of our creative work in Byung-Chul Han's Achievement Society.

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Chapters:
Introduction: 00:00
1: The Forbidden Question: 00:48
2: The Age of Pre-Crastination: 03:14
3: The Price of Productivity: 7:17
4: Overcoming Productivity: 10:39
Sponsor: 14:21