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Emmett Shear on Twitter: "“Burnout” is a particularly modern affliction, feeling simultaneously overwhelmed and paralyzed. I’ve found it’s best to think of burnout not as a disease but as a symptom, with many different etiologies. The big three: permanent on-call, broken steering, and mission doubt." / Twitter

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To view keyboard shortcuts, press question mark View keyboard shortcuts Home Explore Notifications Messages Lists Bookmarks Communities Verified Profile More Tweet chloe @chloeyan_ Tweet See new Tweets Conversation Emmett Shear @eshear “Burnout” is a particularly modern affliction, feeling simultaneously overwhelmed and paralyzed. I’ve found it’s best to think of burnout not as a disease but as a symptom, with many different etiologies. The big three: permanent on-call, broken steering, and mission doubt. 3:37 PM · Aug 20, 2022 842 Retweets 105 Quotes 5,757 Likes 2,322 Bookmarks Tweet your reply! Reply Emmett Shear @eshear · Aug 20, 2022 It used to be most jobs necessarily had to give you time off, because they could only be done from the office/factory/etc. The 24/7 on-call rotation was made possible thanks to the Magic of Technology(tm) (eg. 80s Doctors w pagers). Too long on-call causes mental breakdown. 6 18 404 Emmett Shear @eshear · Aug 20, 2022 Broken steering is a metaph

Emmett Shear @eshear “Burnout” is a particularly modern affliction, feeling simultaneously overwhelmed and paralyzed. I’ve found it’s best to think of burnout not as a disease but as a symptom, with many different etiologies. The big three: permanent on-call, broken steering, and mission doubt. 10:37 PM · Aug 20, 2022 77 0 7 7 825 0 8 2 5 6.1K 0 6 . 1 K 3K 0 3 K Read 77 replies

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