Tag: hustle culture

• Productivity as a Fetish

  October 11, 2025

  by

  Curtis McHale

  Looking around at the productivity gurus writing about their ideal morning routine, or showing off their amazing productivity system, it’s easy to think that we’ve got it wrong. Our system doesn’t let us live the life we see captured in moments and posted on Instagram. The task manager we use doesn’t let us flow effortlessly

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• Constraints are the Antidote to the Toxicity of Hustle Culture

  September 21, 2025

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  Curtis McHale

  We live in an age of abundance. An age where you can order almost anything you want online and have it delivered in a few days to your doorstep. If you live in a major city you don’t even have to wait a few days, your momentary desire for longer metal straws can be fulfilled

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• Why We Feel Isolated in a Connected World – The Empty Promise of Social Media

  February 15, 2025

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  Curtis McHale

  The guiding star of Alderian psychology is that we derive meaning from connection to community. That we can only feel connection to a community when we are useful in it because we are contributing meaningfully to that community. Why don’t we feel connected? Philosopher: Take, for example, a man who, on reaching retirement age and

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