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← Rest is preferable to labour, and we should learn how to use leisure, not spend it in play

17 connected korrents · 12 moments from 9 Aug 2022 to 27 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under attitude change attitude change Everything filed under happiness happiness Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Rest is preferable to labour, and we should learn how to use leisure, not spend it in play Rest is preferable to labour, and weshould learn how to use leisure, not spendit in play AR Aristotle — holds since c. 367–322 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Being needed and useful is more attractive than leisure — tap to centre the map on it Being needed and useful is moreattractive than leisure Last stated 2 years ago 6 Jan 2025 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-01-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Neither people nor land should be wholly cultivated; the greater part should stay wild — tap to centre the map on it Neither people nor land should bewholly cultivated; the greater partshould stay wild HT Henry David Thoreau — holds since c. 1851–1862 — tap for who they are Same subject: Spending time on enjoyable activities is as productive as earning money for the purpose of consumption. — tap to centre the map on it Spending time on enjoyableactivities is as productive asearning money for the purpose ofconsumption. Last stated a year ago 2 Oct 2025 AP Anne Helen Petersen — holds since 2025-10-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A nation should ask how much life it produces, not how much labour it employs — tap to centre the map on it A nation should ask how much life itproduces, not how much labour itemploys JR John Ruskin — holds since c. 1860–1862 — tap for who they are Same subject: People cannot rest because they think about the totality of their ambitions instead of a defined goal. — tap to centre the map on it People cannot rest because theythink about the totality of theirambitions instead of a defined goal. Last stated 6 days ago 27 Oct 2026 JF Jason Feifer — holds since 2026-10-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: People do not really want to be more productive; more of them probably want to spend time than save it. — tap to centre the map on it People do not really want to be moreproductive; more of them probablywant to spend time than save it. Last stated 2 months ago 6 Sept 2026 AA Anish Acharya — holds since 2026-09-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Mere freedom to do as one likes is worship of machinery; the blessed thing is to like what right reason ordains — tap to centre the map on it Mere freedom to do as one likes isworship of machinery; the blessedthing is to like what right reasonordains MA Matthew Arnold — holds since c. 1867–1869 — tap for who they are Same subject: To bear misfortune well, it is wise to have cultivated a width of interests in happier times — tap to centre the map on it To bear misfortune well, it is wiseto have cultivated a width ofinterests in happier times BR Bertrand Russell — holds since c. 1930 — tap for who they are Same subject: A belief system combining cosmic stakes, privileged knowledge, personal vocation and an imperative to act can license extraordinary behavior when it conflicts with ordinary constraints. — tap to centre the map on it A belief system combining cosmicstakes, privileged knowledge,personal vocation and an imperativeto act can license extraordinarybehavior when it conflicts withordinary constraints. Last stated 2 months ago 17 Sept 2026 VR Venkatesh Rao — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A cancellation-reason drop-down measures list order rather than reasons: randomise the options and every one of them gets picked equally. — tap to centre the map on it A cancellation-reason drop-downmeasures list order rather thanreasons: randomise the options andevery one of them gets pickedequally. Last stated 9 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A decision cannot be judged by its outcome, because good decisions fail through no fault of the decider and bad ones succeed by luck. — tap to centre the map on it A decision cannot be judged by itsoutcome, because good decisions failthrough no fault of the decider andbad ones succeed by luck. Last stated 4 years ago 9 Aug 2022 GK Gary Klein — holds since 2022-08-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out. — tap to centre the map on it A drop in agency is the earliestsign of burnout, arriving before youconsciously notice you are burningout. Last stated 3 years ago 10 Jan 2024 CH Cate Hall — holds since 2024-01-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them. — tap to centre the map on it A founder who picks an idea becausethe market wants it will give up,because nobody can persist atsomething that was never importantto them. Last stated 2 years ago 19 Jun 2024 AS Aravind Srinivas — holds since 2024-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death — tap to centre the map on it A general inclination of allhumankind is a perpetual, restlessdesire of power after power thatends only in death TH Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being professionally offended by every little thing is no longer a dominant disposition — tap to centre the map on it Being professionally offended byevery little thing is no longer adominant disposition Last stated 2 years ago 6 Nov 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-11-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Blaming and shaming people only makes them defensive, dig in their heels, or tune out, rather than change their minds. — tap to centre the map on it Blaming and shaming people onlymakes them defensive, dig in theirheels, or tune out, rather thanchange their minds. Last stated 5 months ago 9 Jun 2026 AG Adam Grant — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Decades of warnings about an AI apocalypse do not justify much concern today. — tap to centre the map on it Decades of warnings about an AIapocalypse do not justify muchconcern today. Last stated 2 months ago 12 Sept 2026 PF Paul Ford — holds since 2026-09-12 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Rest is preferable to labour, and we should learn how to use leisure, not spend it in play Last stated c. 367–322 BCE Holds Aristotle Read this korrent →