So you've heard of burnout, right? It's this like physical, mental and emotional exhaustion that comes from chronic stress and a number of other things but especially in the workplace and the thing is it can

really affect anyone comes out of nowhere it really like messes with you. But it's particularly common among people who work in

demanding competitive or like super high pressure environments,

especially people who work in like kind of life or death type situations.

It's like that type of high pressure. But obviously also significantly less important

jobs like mine where I don't know I ship code

Important, but you know nobody's gonna die if I don't ship code anyway. That's a complete sidebar here

Burnout can have serious consequences for your health,

happiness, and productivity. But what really are like the causes of burnout and

why does it seem like it's getting worse and worse over time?

And maybe the most important question, what can we do as a society and as a

community to prevent it to make it better. In this episode I'm going to argue

that burnout is not just a personal problem which I think is how most of us think

about it. It's actually a social and economic problem. It's a

politics problem. It's a capitalism problem. Because I'm going to talk about how

capitalism, the dominant system of production and consumption in our society,

creates the conditions for burnout and makes it significantly harder to cope with.

But don't worry, it's not going to be all politics. We are going to end on a pretty positive note about what we as a society can do to resist burnout and to just make it happen significantly less because I think it's

important that as individuals and as a community we start to reclaim our well

being while living in a capitalist world. So what is burnout?

is a condition that arises when an individual experiences prolonged stress and pressure resulting in a sense of emotional,

physical, and mental exhaustion.

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