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I’m reminded of this YouTube video from Wise Crack on mindfulness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPKqnI4D2a8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPKqnI4D2a8 Amon

I’m reminded of this YouTube video from Wise Crack on mindfulness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPKqnI4D2a8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPKqnI4D2a8 Among the pros and cons of mindfulness, the biggest negative they find is that it’s a great way to turn your employees into more efficient cogs. I feel this way about every company that tries to teach their employees about mindfulness (lots of FAANGs do this as well)… they want you to be able to de-stress, not because they care about your well-being, but because they want to increase your tolerance for stress, and thus your expected productivity.

LB232323 5y ago
It's just corporatization of the typical New Age butchering of Eastern philosophy. In other words, it is deeply unsettling cult behavior.
Tabular-Iceberg 5y ago
Work-from-home should really have made this whole mindfulness industry obsolete. You no longer need to do all this crap to look sophisticated in front of your co-workers, you can just, say, pick your nose and contemplate on the gradual change in texture as you rub it between your thumb and index finger. I'm all for mindfulness, but you don't need any fancy techniques or rituals, and you most certainly don't need to pay a subscription for it.