Efficiency, Productivity, Excess
Radio National Interview on The Philosopher's Zone with David Rutledge. These days we’re constantly pushed to be more efficient – at work, of course, but also in our leisure pursuits and even while we sleep (“hacking your sleep cycle” to extract maximum benefit from the nocturnal hours is a...
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ABC
2022
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| Online Access: | https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/philosopherszone/efficiency,-productivity,-excess/13769958 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/88371 |
| Summary: | Radio National Interview on The Philosopher's Zone
with David Rutledge.
These days we’re constantly pushed to be more efficient – at work, of course, but also in our leisure pursuits and even while we sleep (“hacking your sleep cycle” to extract maximum benefit from the nocturnal hours is a staple of wellness magazine articles). How did we get here? And how can we get back to a state that’s less pressured, a state governed by principles other than accumulation and profit? This week, a story of two key figures in the history of modern industrial capitalism: F.W. Taylor, the father of “scientific management” theory, and French thinker Georges Bataille, whose economic philosophy was predicated on the notion of spending rather than saving.
Duration: 40min 58sec
Broadcast: Sun 27 Feb 2022, 5:30pm |
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