It's the idolization of the flow state that I take issue with. Flow, as the article states, has advantages. But the tech industry puts it on a pedestal, to the

It's the idolization of the flow state that I take issue with. Flow, as the article states, has advantages. But the tech industry puts it on a pedestal, to the detriment of teams and active collaboration. It discourages discussion and communication for fear of disrupting a precious, fragile work-state; it makes those who don't get into that zone feel lesser-than and like they are failures; and it makes those that do get into that zone chase it with single-minded zeal and drive themselves to exhaustion in the process. To paraphrase another commenter from a different channel, the "fetishization of overwork" that comes with the constant, heady pursuit of flow is what I push back against. Flow itself is fine. The culture surrounding I find very problematic.