Modern Burnout Books | Summaries & Audio

The Burnout Society

by Byung-Chul Han • 2010

We replaced discipline with achievement, and it didn't set us free. It made us sick.

3.85

31k+

📖 Critical Theory 🏛️ Continental Philosophy 🏥 Social Pathology

The Burnout Society 91%

We replaced discipline with achievement, and it didn't set us free. It made us sick.

by Byung-Chul Han 2010

3.85

31k+ ratings

📖 Critical Theory 🏛️ Continental Philosophy 🏥 Social Pathology

Can't Even

by Anne Helen Petersen • 2020

Millennial burnout is not a personal failure. It is the bill for decades of broken promises.

3.91

9k+

👥 Millennial Generation 🔥 Burnout 💸 Economic Precarity

Can't Even 90%

Millennial burnout is not a personal failure. It is the bill for decades of broken promises.

by Anne Helen Petersen 2020

3.91

9k+ ratings

👥 Millennial Generation 🔥 Burnout 💸 Economic Precarity

Notes on a Nervous Planet

by Matt Haig • 2018

The news, the scroll, the shopping cart are designed to hurt. What actually helps?

3.94

57k+

🧠 Digital Age Anxiety 🏙️ Modern Life Critique 📵 Social Media Detox

Notes on a Nervous Planet 90%

The news, the scroll, the shopping cart are designed to hurt. What actually helps?

by Matt Haig 2018

3.94

57k+ ratings

🧠 Digital Age Anxiety 🏙️ Modern Life Critique 📵 Social Media Detox

Laziness Does Not Exist

by Devon Price • 2021

Stop calling yourself lazy. That exhaustion is a signal you need rest, not more discipline.

3.90

11k+

🔥 Overwork Culture 🩹 Burnout Recovery ⚖️ Work-Life Balance

Laziness Does Not Exist 90%

Stop calling yourself lazy. That exhaustion is a signal you need rest, not more discipline.

by Devon Price 2021

3.90

11k+ ratings

🔥 Overwork Culture 🩹 Burnout Recovery ⚖️ Work-Life Balance

Do Nothing

by Celeste Headlee • 2020

Medieval peasants rested half the year. Your burnout isn't a personal flaw; it's a cultural system.

3.85

11k+

🏢 Workplace Culture 🔥 Burnout Recovery 📉 Productivity Critique

Do Nothing 90%

Medieval peasants rested half the year. Your burnout isn't a personal flaw; it's a cultural system.

by Celeste Headlee 2020

3.85

11k+ ratings

🏢 Workplace Culture 🔥 Burnout Recovery 📉 Productivity Critique

Please Unsubscribe, Thanks!

by Julio Vincent Gambuto • 2023

The economy runs on your distraction. The plan for unsubscribing from everything that drains you.

3.47

1k+

🧹 Digital Detox 🛒 Consumer Culture 📡 Attention Economy

Please Unsubscribe, Thanks! 89%

The economy runs on your distraction. The plan for unsubscribing from everything that drains you.

by Julio Vincent Gambuto 2023

3.47

1k+ ratings

🧹 Digital Detox 🛒 Consumer Culture 📡 Attention Economy

The End of Burnout

by Jonathan Malesic • 2022

Burnout is a cultural crisis, not a personal illness. The cure is fewer hours and real leisure.

3.73

587

📊 Sociology Of Work 🧯 Burnout Recovery 🏢 Workplace Culture

The End of Burnout 89%

Burnout is a cultural crisis, not a personal illness. The cure is fewer hours and real leisure.

by Jonathan Malesic 2022

3.73

587 ratings

📊 Sociology Of Work 🧯 Burnout Recovery 🏢 Workplace Culture

The Cure for Burnout

by Emily Ballesteros • 2024

Three distinct kinds of burnout, three distinct recoveries. Most people treat the wrong one.

4.07

2k+

🩹 Burnout Recovery ⚖️ Work-Life Balance 🧘 Stress Management

The Cure for Burnout 89%

Three distinct kinds of burnout, three distinct recoveries. Most people treat the wrong one.

by Emily Ballesteros 2024

4.07

2k+ ratings

🩹 Burnout Recovery ⚖️ Work-Life Balance 🧘 Stress Management

The Good Enough Job

by Simone Stolzoff • 2023

Work became a religion that demands everything. Here is how to believe less.

4.12

9k+

🧘 Work-Life Balance 🩹 Burnout Recovery 🛑 Anti-Hustle Culture

The Good Enough Job 89%

Work became a religion that demands everything. Here is how to believe less.

by Simone Stolzoff 2023

4.12

9k+ ratings

🧘 Work-Life Balance 🩹 Burnout Recovery 🛑 Anti-Hustle Culture

Confession of a Murder Suspect / The Private School Murders / The Paris Mysteries

by James Patterson

Productivity redefined: do less, guard your time, and let Stoic wisdom cure your burnout.

4.34

245

🧹 Minimalist Productivity 🩹 Burnout Recovery 🧠 Decision Fatigue

Confession of a Murder Suspect / The Private School Murders / The Paris Mysteries Summary

Confession of a Murder Suspect / The Private School Murders / The Paris Mysteries 89%

Productivity redefined: do less, guard your time, and let Stoic wisdom cure your burnout.

by James Patterson

4.34

245 ratings

🧹 Minimalist Productivity 🩹 Burnout Recovery 🧠 Decision Fatigue

The Joy of Doing Nothing

by Rachel Jonat • 2017

Idleness as a tool: how to reduce stress, sharpen focus, and create a simpler, more joyful life.

2.80

367

🐢 Slow Living 🌱 Simple Living 🔋 Burnout Recovery

The Joy of Doing Nothing 89%

Idleness as a tool: how to reduce stress, sharpen focus, and create a simpler, more joyful life.

by Rachel Jonat 2017

2.80

367 ratings

🐢 Slow Living 🌱 Simple Living 🔋 Burnout Recovery

How to Calm Your Mind

by Chris Bailey • 2022

Your brain on striving: why calm, not grind, is the real productivity upgrade.

3.81

2k+

🔥 Burnout Recovery 📱 Digital Detox 🧠 Dopamine Science

How to Calm Your Mind 89%

Your brain on striving: why calm, not grind, is the real productivity upgrade.

by Chris Bailey 2022

3.81

2k+ ratings

🔥 Burnout Recovery 📱 Digital Detox 🧠 Dopamine Science

You Are Not Your Own

by Alan Noble • 2021

Modern life promised you freedom and handed you exhaustion. The diagnosis goes deeper than burnout.

4.31

2k+

⛪ Reformed Theology 🏙️ Cultural Criticism 👤 Theological Anthropology

You Are Not Your Own 89%

Modern life promised you freedom and handed you exhaustion. The diagnosis goes deeper than burnout.

by Alan Noble 2021

4.31

2k+ ratings

⛪ Reformed Theology 🏙️ Cultural Criticism 👤 Theological Anthropology

Stand Firm

by Svend Brinkmann • 2014

Stop looking inward. Stop chasing happiness. A philosopher's bracing case for negativity and duty.

3.60

3k+

🛑 Anti-Self-Help 🏛️ Modern Stoicism 🌧️ Resisting Positivity

Stand Firm 89%

Stop looking inward. Stop chasing happiness. A philosopher's bracing case for negativity and duty.

by Svend Brinkmann 2014

3.60

3k+ ratings

🛑 Anti-Self-Help 🏛️ Modern Stoicism 🌧️ Resisting Positivity

Incompletos

by José Carlos Ruiz • 2023

Why the endless pursuit of happiness leaves us empty, and how deliberate thinking can restore depth.

3.84

141

🌐 Hypermodernity 📺 Media Philosophy 😞 Happiness Critique

Incompletos 89%

Why the endless pursuit of happiness leaves us empty, and how deliberate thinking can restore depth.

by José Carlos Ruiz 2023

3.84

141 ratings

🌐 Hypermodernity 📺 Media Philosophy 😞 Happiness Critique

Do What You Love and Other Lies About Success and Happiness

by Miya Tokumitsu • 2015

Loving your job is what your boss wants. It is also making you tired, compliant, and broke.

3.91

501

🏃 Critique Of Hustle Culture ⚠️ Labor Precarity 🎓 Student Debt

Do What You Love and Other Lies About Success and Happiness Summary

Do What You Love and Other Lies About Success and Happiness 88%

Loving your job is what your boss wants. It is also making you tired, compliant, and broke.

by Miya Tokumitsu 2015

3.91

501 ratings

🏃 Critique Of Hustle Culture ⚠️ Labor Precarity 🎓 Student Debt

The Practice of Groundedness

by Brad Stulberg • 2021

Hustle culture delivers burnout, not fulfillment. The real foundation is something you build inside.

4.11

4k+

🧘 Anti-Hustle 🔄 Process Over Outcome 🏔️ Peak Performance

The Practice of Groundedness 88%

Hustle culture delivers burnout, not fulfillment. The real foundation is something you build inside.

by Brad Stulberg 2021

4.11

4k+ ratings

🧘 Anti-Hustle 🔄 Process Over Outcome 🏔️ Peak Performance

The Lost Art of Doing Nothing

by Maartje Willems • 2021

Your burnout needs less hustle, more staring out windows. The Dutch way of doing nothing.

3.18

2k+

🐌 Slow Living 🧘 Doing Nothing 🛑 Anti-Hustle

The Lost Art of Doing Nothing 88%

Your burnout needs less hustle, more staring out windows. The Dutch way of doing nothing.

by Maartje Willems 2021

3.18

2k+ ratings

🐌 Slow Living 🧘 Doing Nothing 🛑 Anti-Hustle

The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work

by Alain de Botton • 2008

From cargo ships to rocket launches, a philosopher finds why work delights and disappoints us.

3.62

6k+

🏢 Modern Work 📊 Occupational Sociology 🚢 Global Supply Chain

The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work Summary

The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work 88%

From cargo ships to rocket launches, a philosopher finds why work delights and disappoints us.

by Alain de Botton 2008

3.62

6k+ ratings

🏢 Modern Work 📊 Occupational Sociology 🚢 Global Supply Chain

Working Hard, Hardly Working

by Grace Beverley • 2021

Productivity culture broke your schedule and your spirit. The fix starts with doing nothing.

3.49

4k+

🏃 Hustle Culture Critique ⚖️ Work-Life Integration 🔋 Digital-Age Burnout

Working Hard, Hardly Working 88%

Productivity culture broke your schedule and your spirit. The fix starts with doing nothing.

by Grace Beverley 2021

3.49

4k+ ratings

🏃 Hustle Culture Critique ⚖️ Work-Life Integration 🔋 Digital-Age Burnout

How Do You Feel?

by Jessi Gold • 2024

Medicine trained her to suppress emotion. Treating COVID-burned doctors forced her to feel again.

4.07

643

🏥 Medical Culture 🔥 Healthcare Burnout 🎭 Medical Stoicism

How Do You Feel? 88%

Medicine trained her to suppress emotion. Treating COVID-burned doctors forced her to feel again.

by Jessi Gold 2024

4.07

643 ratings

🏥 Medical Culture 🔥 Healthcare Burnout 🎭 Medical Stoicism

How to Not Always Be Working

by Cody Cook-Parrott • 2018

Craft rituals, spaces, and phone rules that keep your creative work from becoming your prison.

3.31

2k+

🧯 Burnout Prevention 🎨 Creative Self-Help 🚧 Work-Life Boundaries

How to Not Always Be Working 88%

Craft rituals, spaces, and phone rules that keep your creative work from becoming your prison.

by Cody Cook-Parrott 2018

3.31

2k+ ratings

🧯 Burnout Prevention 🎨 Creative Self-Help 🚧 Work-Life Boundaries

The Way We're Working Isn't Working

by Tony Schwartz • 2007

The bottleneck isn't time. Energy depletes on a 90-minute clock, and you're running on empty.

3.98

3k+

🪫 Energy Management 🔥 Corporate Burnout ⛰️ Peak Performance

The Way We're Working Isn't Working Summary

The Way We're Working Isn't Working 88%

The bottleneck isn't time. Energy depletes on a 90-minute clock, and you're running on empty.

by Tony Schwartz 2007

3.98

3k+ ratings

🪫 Energy Management 🔥 Corporate Burnout ⛰️ Peak Performance

Manage Your Time to Reduce Your Stress

by Rita Emmett • 2008

Your stress isn't from overwork. It's from working on the wrong things. Here's the fix.

3.46

293

🕒 Time Management 😌 Stress Reduction 🎯 Perfectionism

Manage Your Time to Reduce Your Stress Summary

Manage Your Time to Reduce Your Stress 88%

Your stress isn't from overwork. It's from working on the wrong things. Here's the fix.

by Rita Emmett 2008

3.46

293 ratings

🕒 Time Management 😌 Stress Reduction 🎯 Perfectionism

Effortless

by Greg McKeown • 2021

Important work shouldn't exhaust you. The method for making it easier while getting more done.

4.04

15k+

🏃 Sustainable Productivity 🧯 Burnout Prevention ⚡ Energy Management

Effortless 88%

Important work shouldn't exhaust you. The method for making it easier while getting more done.

by Greg McKeown 2021

4.04

15k+ ratings

🏃 Sustainable Productivity 🧯 Burnout Prevention ⚡ Energy Management

Amor líquido

by Zygmunt Bauman • 2003

Relationships now work like shopping: browse, compare, discard. What happens to our ability to love.

3.74

8k+

🏙️ Late Modernity 📖 Critical Theory 🛒 Consumer Culture

Amor líquido 88%

Relationships now work like shopping: browse, compare, discard. What happens to our ability to love.

by Zygmunt Bauman 2003

3.74

8k+ ratings

🏙️ Late Modernity 📖 Critical Theory 🛒 Consumer Culture

Cheers to Monday

by Amy Leneker • 2026

Seven types of stress are draining your life. The simple sorting tool that stops them.

4.03

😣 Workplace Stress 🛡️ Burnout Prevention ⏰ Time Management

Cheers to Monday 88%

Seven types of stress are draining your life. The simple sorting tool that stops them.

by Amy Leneker 2026

4.03

31 ratings

😣 Workplace Stress 🛡️ Burnout Prevention ⏰ Time Management

In Emergency, Break Glass

by Nate Anderson • 2022

Nietzsche saw your smartphone coming: the 19th-century antidote to an age of endless scrolling.

3.91

323

🏛️ Applied Philosophy 🔧 Technology Critique 📱 Attention Economy

In Emergency, Break Glass 88%

Nietzsche saw your smartphone coming: the 19th-century antidote to an age of endless scrolling.

by Nate Anderson 2022

3.91

323 ratings

🏛️ Applied Philosophy 🔧 Technology Critique 📱 Attention Economy

Burnout

by Emily Nagoski • 2019

Burnout happens when your body stays in crisis mode. How to signal safety and recover.

3.92

66k+

🔥 Burnout Recovery 🧘 Mind-Body Connection 💪 Body Positivity

Burnout 88%

Burnout happens when your body stays in crisis mode. How to signal safety and recover.

by Emily Nagoski 2019

3.92

66k+ ratings

🔥 Burnout Recovery 🧘 Mind-Body Connection 💪 Body Positivity

To Hell with the Hustle

by Jefferson Bethke • 2019

Hustle promised freedom; it delivered burnout. The real cure is limits, silence, and rest.

3.96

7k+

🕊️ Spiritual Formation 🐢 Slow Living 📖 Sabbath Rest

To Hell with the Hustle 88%

Hustle promised freedom; it delivered burnout. The real cure is limits, silence, and rest.

by Jefferson Bethke 2019

3.96

7k+ ratings

🕊️ Spiritual Formation 🐢 Slow Living 📖 Sabbath Rest

Stuck

by Anneli Rufus • 2008

More freedom than ever, more stuck than ever. The cages are invisible, and you built them.

3.03

386

🧱 Personal Stagnation 🏛️ Cultural Critique 🚪 Life Transitions

Stuck 88%

More freedom than ever, more stuck than ever. The cages are invisible, and you built them.

by Anneli Rufus 2008

3.03

386 ratings

🧱 Personal Stagnation 🏛️ Cultural Critique 🚪 Life Transitions

Real Self-Care

by Pooja Lakshmin • 2023

Bubble baths won't cure burnout. The four internal practices that reclaim your time and energy.

3.92

7k+

🧘 Wellness Culture 🥀 Women'S Burnout 🚧 Boundary Setting

Real Self-Care 88%

Bubble baths won't cure burnout. The four internal practices that reclaim your time and energy.

by Pooja Lakshmin 2023

3.92

7k+ ratings

🧘 Wellness Culture 🥀 Women'S Burnout 🚧 Boundary Setting

It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work

by Jason Fried • 2018

Stop the hustle, protect your time, and build a calm, profitable business. Proven at Basecamp.

4.01

14k+

🏢 Company Culture 🌱 Sustainable Business 🔍 Attention Management

It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work Summary

It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work 88%

Stop the hustle, protect your time, and build a calm, profitable business. Proven at Basecamp.

by Jason Fried 2018

4.01

14k+ ratings

🏢 Company Culture 🌱 Sustainable Business 🔍 Attention Management

Slow Productivity

by Cal Newport • 2024

Busyness is performance, not productivity. Do less, slow down, and let quality earn your freedom.

3.67

26k+

🖥️ Knowledge Work ✂️ Doing Less 🌱 Sustainable Productivity

Slow Productivity 88%

Busyness is performance, not productivity. Do less, slow down, and let quality earn your freedom.

by Cal Newport 2024

3.67

26k+ ratings

🖥️ Knowledge Work ✂️ Doing Less 🌱 Sustainable Productivity

Psychopolitics

by Byung-Chul Han • 2014

Freedom is now the most efficient prison, and you volunteered to be locked in.

4.07

7k+

🏛️ Critical Theory 📉 Neoliberalism Critique 💻 Digital Capitalism

Psychopolitics 88%

Freedom is now the most efficient prison, and you volunteered to be locked in.

by Byung-Chul Han 2014

4.07

7k+ ratings

🏛️ Critical Theory 📉 Neoliberalism Critique 💻 Digital Capitalism

Overwhelmed

by Brigid Schulte • 2014

The overwhelmed life is a structural trap, not a personal failure: three myths keep you frantic.

3.83

8k+

🧘 Work-Life Balance 👩‍👧 Working Mothers 🌿 Leisure And Rest

Overwhelmed 88%

The overwhelmed life is a structural trap, not a personal failure: three myths keep you frantic.

by Brigid Schulte 2014

3.83

8k+ ratings

🧘 Work-Life Balance 👩‍👧 Working Mothers 🌿 Leisure And Rest

Private Equity

by Carrie Sun • 2024

An exclusive hedge fund. An MIT grad as the billionaire's assistant. Two years to lose everything.

3.60

5k+

📉 Wall Street Memoir 🔥 Career Burnout 👨‍👩‍👧 Immigrant Family Pressure

Private Equity 88%

An exclusive hedge fund. An MIT grad as the billionaire's assistant. Two years to lose everything.

by Carrie Sun 2024

3.60

5k+ ratings

📉 Wall Street Memoir 🔥 Career Burnout 👨‍👩‍👧 Immigrant Family Pressure

Win at Work and Succeed at Life

by Michael Hyatt • 2021

Overwork stopped working. The alternative: constraints, real rest, and a life that succeeds.

4.03

700

⚖️ Work-Life Balance 👥 Leadership Culture 😴 Rest And Recovery

Win at Work and Succeed at Life 88%

Overwork stopped working. The alternative: constraints, real rest, and a life that succeeds.

by Michael Hyatt 2021

4.03

700 ratings

⚖️ Work-Life Balance 👥 Leadership Culture 😴 Rest And Recovery

Thrive

by Arianna Huffington • 2014

When success feels like failure: what high achievers measure after money and power stop working.

3.69

19k+

⚖️ Work-Life Balance 🔥 Burnout Recovery 🏢 Corporate Wellness

Thrive 88%

When success feels like failure: what high achievers measure after money and power stop working.

by Arianna Huffington 2014

3.69

19k+ ratings

⚖️ Work-Life Balance 🔥 Burnout Recovery 🏢 Corporate Wellness

The Burnout Epidemic

by Jennifer Moss • 2021

Six systemic failures cause burnout. None live inside the employee; all are fixable by leadership.

3.71

714

🏢 Workplace Culture 🧠 Organizational Psychology 🔥 Burnout Prevention

The Burnout Epidemic 88%

Six systemic failures cause burnout. None live inside the employee; all are fixable by leadership.

by Jennifer Moss 2021

3.71

714 ratings

🏢 Workplace Culture 🧠 Organizational Psychology 🔥 Burnout Prevention

Niksen

by Olga Mecking • 2020

Doing absolutely nothing could be your next productivity breakthrough. The Dutch case for idleness.

3.11

2k+

🦥 Slow Living 🛋️ Deliberate Rest 🇳🇱 Dutch Culture

Niksen 88%

Doing absolutely nothing could be your next productivity breakthrough. The Dutch case for idleness.

by Olga Mecking 2020

3.11

2k+ ratings

🦥 Slow Living 🛋️ Deliberate Rest 🇳🇱 Dutch Culture

The Microstress Effect

by Rob Cross • 2023

The people closest to you are secretly burning you out, one tiny interaction at a time.

3.38

473

🏢 Workplace Stress 🧘 Stress Management 🎯 High Performance

The Microstress Effect 88%

The people closest to you are secretly burning you out, one tiny interaction at a time.

by Rob Cross 2023

3.38

473 ratings

🏢 Workplace Stress 🧘 Stress Management 🎯 High Performance

Filosofía ante el desánimo

by José Carlos Ruiz • 2021

They sold us connection, stimulation, and self-optimization. Now we're fragile, bored, and lonely.

3.99

518

🔗 Modern Alienation 🧠 Attention Economy ⏳ Life As Narrative

Filosofía ante el desánimo 88%

They sold us connection, stimulation, and self-optimization. Now we're fragile, bored, and lonely.

by José Carlos Ruiz 2021

3.99

518 ratings

🔗 Modern Alienation 🧠 Attention Economy ⏳ Life As Narrative

Social Acceleration

by Hartmut Rosa • 2005

Faster tech, faster change, faster lives: three engines locked in a spiral that defines modernity.

4.33

354

🧱 Critical Theory 🏭 Modernity Critique ⏩ Pace Of Life

Social Acceleration 88%

Faster tech, faster change, faster lives: three engines locked in a spiral that defines modernity.

by Hartmut Rosa 2005

4.33

354 ratings

🧱 Critical Theory 🏭 Modernity Critique ⏩ Pace Of Life

The Joy of Missing Out

by Svend Brinkmann • 2017

Why the good life requires saying no: a philosopher's case for self-restraint over accumulation.

3.61

1k+

🛑 Self-Restraint 📉 Hedonic Adaptation 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

The Joy of Missing Out 88%

Why the good life requires saying no: a philosopher's case for self-restraint over accumulation.

by Svend Brinkmann 2017

3.61

1k+ ratings

🛑 Self-Restraint 📉 Hedonic Adaptation 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

Eliminating Stress, Finding Inner Peace

by Brian L. Weiss • 2003

The body's permanent alarm fuels five top killers. A spiritual method for turning it off.

3.97

481

🔥 Stress Management 🌿 Holistic Healing 🧘 Mindfulness Meditation

Eliminating Stress, Finding Inner Peace Summary

Eliminating Stress, Finding Inner Peace 87%

The body's permanent alarm fuels five top killers. A spiritual method for turning it off.

by Brian L. Weiss 2003

3.97

481 ratings

🔥 Stress Management 🌿 Holistic Healing 🧘 Mindfulness Meditation

The Passion Paradox

by Brad Stulberg • 2019

When passion becomes poison: how to chase what you love without it consuming you.

4.01

2k+

🧯 Burnout Prevention 🏔️ High Performance 🎯 Intrinsic Motivation

The Passion Paradox 87%

When passion becomes poison: how to chase what you love without it consuming you.

by Brad Stulberg 2019

4.01

2k+ ratings

🧯 Burnout Prevention 🏔️ High Performance 🎯 Intrinsic Motivation

Slack

by Tom DeMarco • 2001

Efficiency that cuts every buffer leaves organizations that can sprint but never pivot.

4.02

2k+

🔄 Organizational Change ⏳ Efficiency Critique 🔥 Overwork And Burnout

Slack 87%

Efficiency that cuts every buffer leaves organizations that can sprint but never pivot.

by Tom DeMarco 2001

4.02

2k+ ratings

🔄 Organizational Change ⏳ Efficiency Critique 🔥 Overwork And Burnout

The Unplugged Hours

by Hannah Brencher • 2024

She unplugged for a thousand hours. What came back was the life she'd been scrolling past.

4.23

2k+

🧘 Digital Detox 🙏 Spiritual Disciplines 📱 Attention Economy

The Unplugged Hours 87%

She unplugged for a thousand hours. What came back was the life she'd been scrolling past.

by Hannah Brencher 2024

4.23

2k+ ratings

🧘 Digital Detox 🙏 Spiritual Disciplines 📱 Attention Economy

Stop Reading the News

by Rolf Dobelli • 2019

You are not informed. You are addicted. The case for quitting news entirely.

3.71

4k+

📰 Media Criticism 📵 Digital Minimalism 🧠 Attention Management

Stop Reading the News 87%

You are not informed. You are addicted. The case for quitting news entirely.

by Rolf Dobelli 2019

3.71

4k+ ratings

📰 Media Criticism 📵 Digital Minimalism 🧠 Attention Management

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