June 30, 2012
In Praise of Downtime
by Ellen Ruppel Shell on The Atlantic
And to do so we must push hard against our current practice of celebrating overwork and treat it as the scam it has become. As philosopher Bertrand Russell wrote eighty years ago in the essay, In Praise of Idleness "We keep a large percentage of the working population idle, because we can dispense with their labor by making the others overwork." As a nation we must fight back against this ugly bit of nastiness. And as individuals we ought to take to heart Russell's incisive observation: "....I want to say, in all seriousness, that a great deal of harm is being done in the modern world by belief in the virtuousness of work..."
by Ellen Ruppel Shell on The Atlantic
And to do so we must push hard against our current practice of celebrating overwork and treat it as the scam it has become. As philosopher Bertrand Russell wrote eighty years ago in the essay, In Praise of Idleness "We keep a large percentage of the working population idle, because we can dispense with their labor by making the others overwork." As a nation we must fight back against this ugly bit of nastiness. And as individuals we ought to take to heart Russell's incisive observation: "....I want to say, in all seriousness, that a great deal of harm is being done in the modern world by belief in the virtuousness of work..."
Today's Photo:
After the Foam Fest 5K
The officials told us several times
"DO NOT INHALE THE FOAM!"
My inhalation was unintentional.
But they were not kidding.
It wasn't cotton candy like that man said.
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