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# This Week - Aug 28, 2015
- URL: https://www.drewshannon.net/this-week-2015-08-28/
- Published: 2015-08-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T03:09:56.000Z
- Author: Drew Shannon
- Tags: link, amazon, dina kaplan, fortune, mathew ingram, this week, tue night, #import-blog-backlog-2026-09-13

> I think it’s because the article tapped into a deep-seated, almost existential fear that runs through many of our lives — not just in the technology world, but elsewhere too: Namely, the fear that the ways we work now are harming and/or killing us.  
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> — [That Amazon story: We are afraid our work is killing us (Mathew Ingram for Fortune)](http://fortune.com/2015/08/20/amazon-overwork/?ref=drewshannon.net)

> Feeling busy is not something to brag about. Ask the most important people in the world how they are, and they’ll almost never say, ‘busy.’ It’s not a complaint you’re likely to hear from President Obama or Rupert Murdoch. They are, by most people’s definition, pretty busy. They’re consistently making high-level strategic decisions, about a variety of topics, with a large impact.  
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> — [Can We Ban “Busy”? (Dina Kaplan for Tue/Night)](http://tuenight.com/2014/09/can-we-ban-busy/?ref=drewshannon.net)