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➤ PRODUCTION 
written by Mina Le and Am Wyckoff
edited by Charlee Reiff

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➤ SOURCES
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman (2021)
Email and the Everyday: Stories of Disclosure, Trust, and Digital Labor by Esther Milne (2021)
https://wfrn.org/glossary/role-transitions-micro/ 
Killing me softly: Electronic communications monitoring and employee and spouse well-being by
William J. Becker, Liuba Belkin and Sarah Tuskey (2018) https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2018.121
Work’s Intimacy by Melissa Gregg (2021)
https://www.raconteur.net/technology/ai-meaningful-work
https://hbr.org/2025/09/ai-generated-workslop-is-destroying-productivity
https://jacobin.com/2024/03/hobby-free-time-capitalism-leisure
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2022/01/history-hobbies-america-productivity-leisure/621150/ 
Hobbies: Leisure and the Culture of Work in America by Steven M. Gelber (1999)
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2022/01/history-hobbies-america-productivity-leisure/621150/
https://culted.com/when-did-hobbies-become-about-the-clout/
Reading fiction and reading minds: the role of simulation in the default network by
Diana I Tamir, Andrew B Bricker, David Dodell-Feder, Jason P Mitchell (2015) https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4733342/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrobinson/2025/10/23/side-stacking-on-the-uptick-as-workers-diversify-their-side-hustles/
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/08/gen-z-hustle-culture-jobs-workers-stability
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20230417-hustle-culture-is-this-the-end-of-rise-and-grind
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinecastrillon/2025/03/24/why-a-record-89-million-americans-are-working-multiple-jobs/, https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf
https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrobinson/2025/02/08/job-burnout-at-66-in-2025-new-study-shows/
https://www.vulture.com/article/attention-span-decrease-solutions.html
https://www.womenshealthmag.com/health/a64612301/what-is-brain-rot/
Demystifying the New Dilemma of Brain Rot in the Digital Era: A Review by
Ahmed Mohamed, Fahmy Yousef, Alsaeed Alshamy, Ahmed Tlili, Ahmed Hosny, Saleh Metwally (2025) https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11939997/
https://www.vox.com/the-goods/22538703/tiktok-productivity-hacks-gen-z
https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/secret-to-brain-success-intelligent-cognitive-rest-2017050411705
How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell (2019)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/wellness/being-obsessed-with-being-productive-is-unproductive/2020/02/11/82358570-437d-11ea-b5fc-eefa848cde99_story.html 

0:00 - intro
7:34 - the sisyphean inbox
17:10 - productive hobbies
26:12 - the productivity feedback loop
34:08 - conclusion

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