Sabbath hard and go home — LessWrong

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Growing up Jewish, I thought that the traditional rules around the Sabbath were silly. Then I forgot to bring a spare battery on a camping trip. Now…

x Sabbath hard and go home — LessWrong Sabbath Meditation Ritual Self Experimentation Slack Well-being Frontpage 101 Sabbath hard and go home by Benquo 27th Sep 2017 6 min read 16 101 Growing up Jewish, I thought that the traditional rules around the Sabbath were silly. Then I forgot to bring a spare battery on a camping trip. Now I think that something like the traditional Jewish Sabbath is an important cultural adaptation to preserve leisure, that would otherwise be destroyed in an urbanized, technological civilization. Sabbath as easy mode As a child, I first learned that the Sabbath was a

Sabbath hard and go home — LessWrong

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