The idea of “work” is a cultural construct. If you want to move past the cultural connotations you would need to define what you are talking about.
It’s worth noting that deep work talks about the ability of humans to perform deep work. A lot of useful work isn’t deep work in the sense Cal Newport uses the term. If I remember right he sees large parts of management as not being about Deep Work.
We do know that some people do suffer burn out from work stress. It seems that higher workload in Japan does result in higher burnout rates then in countries with lower workload.
The idea of “work” is a cultural construct. If you want to move past the cultural connotations you would need to define what you are talking about.
It’s worth noting that deep work talks about the ability of humans to perform deep work. A lot of useful work isn’t deep work in the sense Cal Newport uses the term. If I remember right he sees large parts of management as not being about Deep Work.
We do know that some people do suffer burn out from work stress. It seems that higher workload in Japan does result in higher burnout rates then in countries with lower workload.