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It is not the imperative only to belong to oneself, but the pressure to achieve that causes exhaustive depression. Seen in this light, burnout syndrome does not express the exhausted self so much as the exhausted, burnt-out soul. According to Ehrenberg, depression spreads when the commandments and prohibitions of disciplinary society yield to self-responsibility and initiative. In reality, it is not the excess of responsibility and initiative that makes one sick, but the imperative to achieve: the new commandment of late-modern labor society.
The Burnout Society
Byung-Chul Han
Era como si el hecho de haber llegado a fotografiar estos objetos con una finalidad puramente profesional, comercial, invalidase toda posibilidad de utilizarlos en un proyecto creativo.
El Mapa Y El Territorio
Michel Houellebecq
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How to Avoid a Climate Disaster
Bill Gates
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