This Week - Aug 28, 2015

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.

— That Amazon story: We are afraid our work is killing us (Mathew Ingram for Fortune)

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.

— Can We Ban “Busy”? (Dina Kaplan for Tue/Night)