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Key takeaways from Against the Trap of Efficiency: Mortality, Meaning, and the Antidote to the Time-Anxiety That Syphons the Joy of Life

“Productivity is a trap. Becoming more efficient just makes you more rushed, and trying to clear the decks simply makes them fill up again faster… Since finitude defines our lives… livi…

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Annie Dillard captured this sentiment best in her haunting observation that “how we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives”
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