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The Quiet Tyranny of 'Can Do'
Explore Byung-Chul Han's radical idea that modern society, driven by an internal imperative for endless achievement, has shifted exploitation from external forces to ourselves, leading to widespread burnout and a profound exhaustion masked as freedom.
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“Explore Byung-Chul Han's radical idea that modern society, driven by an internal imperative for endless achievement, has shifted exploitation from external forces to ourselves, leading to widespread burnout and a profound exhaustion masked as freedom.”
— Byung-Chul Han, The Quiet Tyranny of 'Can Do'
burnout, society, work
Listeners who sense a contradiction between the promise of modern freedom and the reality of their own exhaustion will gain a powerful new lens for seeing how our achievement culture turns us into our own taskmasters.
Philosopher Byung-Chul Han possesses a rare gift for diagnosing the pathologies of modern life, revealing the hidden logic that connects our drive for achievement with a profound and pervasive exhaustion.