Burnout

A great article about Burnout and "Hurry-sickness" from New York magazine - "Where Work is a Religion, Work Burnout is Its Crisis of Faith" Interesting, but thankfully not as relevant now as it would've been a year ago.

One quote I loved (and would love to see proof of:)

Elevator engineers even have a term for how long it takes—door dwell—before people start jamming their fingers on the door close button, which is usually a placebo, a function already disabled by litigation-conscious building managers

This reminds me of an idea I had in high school to add a "Go Faster" button to Netscape's toolbar. It wouldn't do anything, but it'd give you something to do while waiting for the Cool Site of the Day to load.

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