Anne Helen Petersen: Rethinking Productivity Culture

About this talk:
Anne Helen Petersen’s thoughtful examination of our relationship to work has never felt more relevant, as we are struggling to reevaluate boundaries and navigating burnout in unexpected circumstances. Ahead of the publication of her new book, Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation, the author and BuzzFeed News senior culture writer shares her no-nonsense perspective on the pressures of productivity, why we undervalue rest, and how our always-on work approach comes at the expense of our whole selves.
This talk was recorded remotely on May 21, 2020
About this speaker:
Anne Helen Petersen is a senior culture writer at BuzzFeed News, where she writes about everything from celebrities to socialist Baptists. Her third book, Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation, will be released in 2020

[@redflag4255]

I'm downloading this as a dairy entry so i can show this to my kids one day. It's a mouth full. What we need now more than ever is brutal honesty.

[@christinakurtz4731]

Thank you so much for posting this! It made me cry, and was so very much needed to hear...I am a 34 year old failor living with my in-laws.. which resent me because after 8 yrs of being with their son, we are not married, nor do we have any children.. we're totally F@ked..!

[@MrNoufa10]

Well said, that's a fresh talk filled with honesty and humanity. I especially liked the last two minutes, very inspiring!

[@StephenMcFadden]

Spot on. This was great. "Work doesn't have to be trauma".

[@SeanKearney]

This was really amazing and so important especially now. Thank you for your honesty and courage to talk about what many people are feeling but afraid to admit.

[@naruto150150]

It has become clear to me that art is the last thing we have when all of humanity is lost.

[@MrNoufa10]

Science is necessary to save lives and change the concrete realities. Art is necessary for imagination, mental health, adding beauty and colours to our lives.

[@martinacusack9867]

Thank you for doing this😇 , your talk spoke to my heart and the ripple begins. All we have to do is survive in the best posible way we can for our own good and hence for our family, friends community and the world.

[@elenaadler4633]

So good!

[@RADNESSTECH]

16:43 Subtle Taunt ;)

[@jazzybeat28]

Boring script, sorry.

[@joeschmo5171]

In response to Anne's Bon Appetit article about junk food (since responding to that article directly was locked down), I have but one comment. Nobody is saying that junk food is defining anybody as a person. But it does contribute to diabetes, heart disease and weight gain. So when people stigmatize the food that makes Americans fat and on the path to death, then don't bother wasting your time with a lengthy article about how doing that is naughty, because that is stupid thought. Junk food = fat = death = BAD BAD BAD You get it now, Anne?