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> The Church of Productivity strikes me as a very American kind of religion. It's our protestant roots and the very Calvinist view of success, really. There's
by WaxProlix 9y ago
> The Church of Productivity strikes me as a very American kind of religion.
It's our protestant roots and the very Calvinist view of success, really. There's a reason they call it the Protestant Work Ethic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant_work_ethic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant_work_ethic
- bobwaycott 9y agoIt’s the imperative of capitalist production, really. The “Protestant Work Ethic” was coined long after the imperative of productivity had been noticed and written at length about (e.g., see Marx, Proudhon, Smith, et al.).
- lpcrealmadrid 9y agoAlso strikes me as related to the core difference in views on mental health (Western analytical psychology a la Jung vs Eastern demonological/mystical)