“In the West, we have become addicted to work. Americans now work the longest hours in the world. And the result is not health, wealth and wisdom, but rather a lot of anxiety, a lot of ill health and a lot of debt.” WorldHoursWealthResultsAnxietyWestIllDebtIll HealthHealth Wealth Book:How to Be Idle: A Loafer's Manifesto Source: How to Be Idle: A Loafer's Manifesto
“What seems extraordinary is that the richest countries in the world, in terms of economic output, are the ones where we work hardest. You would have thought that the end of all this innovation, technological advancement, and financial wizardry should be to create less work, not more of it.” WorldShouldEndsCountrySeemsTermEconomicHard WorkInnovationExtraordinaryFinancialHardestTechnologicalAdvancementOutputWizardryTechnological Advancement Author:Tom Hodgkinson
“Little things like making clothes, baking bread, cooking, even useless things like bird-watching, sketching flowers, playing guitar in the home - that sort of time is gone. And the time we have? We're so exhausted, we want to let ourselves get sucked in to the escape world of TV. I'm speaking from experience; I'm not above all this.” WorldWantLittlesHomeGoneFlowerTvsClothesBirdCookingGuitarBreadUselessLittle ThingsExhaustedBakingPlaying GuitarSketchingUseless ThingsBird WatchingBaking Bread Author:Tom Hodgkinson
“Part of this individualism is you feel this pressure that you alone have to conquer the world, and if you don't work all the hours God gives then you start feeling really guilty. If you can stop feeling guilty, then I think it's easier to start doing what you want to do.” IfsThinkingWorldWantGivingFeelsFeelingsHoursEasierPressureWhat You WantGuiltyConquerIndividualismConquer The WorldFeeling GuiltyDoing What You Want Author:Tom Hodgkinson
“Am I the only person in the world who is shocked and amazed at the ongoing flattery of uebergeek Mark Zuckerberg?” WorldPersonsMarkAmazedShockedFlatteryOngoingZuckerberg Author:Tom Hodgkinson
“Facebook is not ideologically neutral. In fact, it emerges from a very particular world view which we can trace back to Hobbes. I discovered this by examining the profile of Zuckerberg's fellow board members who, unlike him, are a very interesting bunch and, I suspect, the real power behind the poster boy.” WorldRealFactsInterestingViewsBehindsBoysParticularMembersFellowsBunchBoardsSuspectsVery InterestingProfilePostersExaminingWorld ViewReal PowerHobbesZuckerbergBoard Members Author:Tom Hodgkinson
“The siesta provides a delightful detour from the working day and it also has a practical value as far as productivity is concerned. Winston Churchill had a good long siesta every day during the second world war and he said it was the thing that enabled him to cope with the pressure.” WorldLongSaidWarValuesConcernedPressureProductivityPracticalsWar Of The WorldsDelightfulSecond World WarDetoursGood Long Author:Tom Hodgkinson
“The world's richest half billion people - that's about seven per cent of the global population - are responsible for fifty per cent of the world's emissions.” PeopleWorldHalfResponsibleSevenPopulationBillionsFiftyCentsEmissions Author:Tom Hodgkinson
“In a world where you are constantly asked to be 'committed,' it is liberating to give yourself the license to be a dilettante. Commit to nothing. Try everything.” WorldGivingTryingCommittedCommitWhere You AreLicenseLiberatingDilettantes Book:How to be Free Source: How to be Free
“Our dreams take us into other worlds, alternative realities that help us make sense of day-to-day realities.” WorldHelpingDreamRealityAlternativesMake SenseDay To DayOur DreamsOther Worlds Book:The Book of Idle Pleasures Source: The Book of Idle Pleasures
