Overcoming Toxic Productivity (and the Virtue of Play)

Pints With Aquinas

Matt Fradd

Stthomasaquinas, Saintthomasaquinas, Mattfradd, Theology, Catholic, Dominican, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy

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🗓️ 11 May 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Pull up a barstool with me and relax. I mean it! We need to relax.

This week’s episode of “Pints with Aquinas” is all about overwork, why technology makes us more stressed, and how to find true rest and leisure. We’re going to look at a pretty hard-hitting argument from Aquinas for why we need to be joyful and get some pleasure in our lives. We’ll also talk about:

- What is true rest for the soul (the answer may surprise you)
- The difference between true leisure and distraction
- The sin of not playing (yes, this is for real)
- Some practical tips for detaching yourself from technology

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0:00.0	Get A and welcome to Pints with Aquinas.
0:03.9	My name is Matt Fraad.
0:05.8	If you're new here and you like the stuff I'm about to say, you'll only know that after
0:10.1	I've said it.
0:11.1	Of course, you might click subscribe and then that bell button below and that way YouTube
0:15.6	will be forced to let you know whenever we put out a new video.
0:18.6	And given that this is a Christian YouTube channel, it amounts to making YouTube evangelize
0:24.6	you, which I don't know if they're thrilled about, but it's an option for you.
0:27.9	So feel free.
0:28.9	Today, I want to talk about what Thomas Aquinas has to say about play and the virtue of play.
0:33.6	Is it a virtuous thing to play?
0:36.1	What becomes of a man if he chooses not to engage in play, which is some activity we engage
0:41.3	in for its own sake, not for some other end?
0:44.3	I want to talk about sort of toxic productivity.
0:47.7	This has been something I've been hearing about more and more these days.
0:50.9	And just how to calm ourselves a little bit.
0:54.7	If you know me, if you've been following my work for a while, you know that I tend not
0:58.8	to have a happy relationship with my iPhone and with computers.
1:03.4	I know it's ironic.
1:04.4	I get that I run a YouTube channel and this is basically my job now, but I hate it actually,
1:10.4	not my job, but I do hate phones, generally speaking and computers.
1:14.9	In fact, the reason this video is premiering instead of streaming live is because I am currently
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