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WORK: Should You Do Less of It? Adam Grant and James Suzman on the 15-Hour Workweek.

WORK: Should You Do Less of It? Adam Grant and James Suzman on the 15-Hour Workweek.

FromThe Next Big Idea


WORK: Should You Do Less of It? Adam Grant and James Suzman on the 15-Hour Workweek.

FromThe Next Big Idea

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Length:
46 minutes
Released:
May 12, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Our work consumes us. But does it have to? Anthropologist James Suzman has spent decades living in the Kalahari Desert with one of the world’s last hunter-gatherer societies, and he’s concluded that our modern attitudes about work don’t mesh with the views held by our ancestors. For 95 percent of human history, we spent the bulk of our time doing … nothing. What changed? In this millennia-spanning conversation with Next Big Idea Club curator Adam Grant, James makes the case for spending less time toiling away at labor we loathe and more time working at things we love.
Released:
May 12, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The Next Big Idea is a weekly series of in-depth interviews with the world’s leading thinkers. Join our host, Rufus Griscom — along with our curators, Malcolm Gladwell, Adam Grant, Susan Cain, and Daniel Pink — for conversations that might just change the way you see the world. New episodes every Thursday.