My South China Morning Post piece on 996 and the culture of overwork
There's a debate going on in China over 996, the practice of working from 9 to 9, six days a week. (Some very tired yet still imaginative writers
Aging and work
Last week I was on BBC Radio 4's morning show talking about REST and the need to change work and careers in a world where life expectancies are
Rest with Alex Pang, Episode 1: Stephan Aarstol and the five-hour day at Tower Paddleboards
So the first episode of my podcast Rest with Alex Pang is now up: it's an interview with Stephan Aarstol, the founder of pioneering stand-up paddleboard and beach
Working hours in South Korea are coming down
The Guardian reports that the South Korean government has voted to cut back the 'inhumanely long' 68-hour working week: Employees in one of the most overworked countries in
“a life spent dutifully responding to emails is a dull one indeed. And ‘wasted’ time is, in fact, highly fulfilling”
The World Economic Forum blog has an Olivia Goldhill piece that argues for the importance of "wasted" time. when we spend so long frantically chasing productivity, we refuse
“physicians deserve humane expectations in training and practice”
Lisa Merlo, writing in a recent issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association: At the heart of excellent medical treatment is the physician who provides competent,
“We would all become wealthy entrepreneurs like Richard Branson. What a cruel joke that turned out to be.”
The great Peter Fleming has a piece in The Guardian on "The way to a better work-life balance? Unions, not self-help:" Overwork has become an epidemic in the