Welcome to a bonus episode of the Daily Article podcast, written by Dr. Jim Denison and narrated by Chris Elkins.

Today's episode is Napbox and the Providence of God.

Here's a sign of the times, nap boxes that allow workers to sleep standing up at the office.

A company in Japan has created devices that resemble water heaters.

They are designed to support occupants' heads, knees, and bodies, so they will not fall over.

Their purpose is to give Japanese workers a way to take short power naps throughout the day

to combat the problem of sleepiness that is epidemic in their

vocational culture. You might think this is a problem only in Japan, but you'd be mistaken. Studies

show that U.S. workers work 435 more hours per year than German workers. 400 more hours

per year than United Kingdom workers. 365 more hours per year than United Kingdom workers.

365 more hours per year than French workers,

and even 169 more hours per year than Japanese workers.

At least 134 countries have laws setting the maximum length of the work week, but the U.S. does not.

Part of the issue is cultural.

While the Western worldview prioritizes the material and the self-reliant,

the American ethos especially does so.

We are a nation of self-reliant people, or so we like to think.

We value the self-made hero who gets up earlier, stays up later, and works harder than everyone else.

I am as guilty here as anyone.

I am as tempted to measure my self-worth by my productivity as anyone.

My daily challenge is to, as my youth minister used to say,

remember the source of your

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