'I now resent the idea that we need to optimize ourselves during a pandemic, to make 'use' of it, as though simply surviving isn’t enough,' writes Rachel Jansen.
'I now resent the idea that we need to optimize ourselves during a pandemic, to make 'use' of it, as though simply surviving isn’t enough' that I keep thinking about. It comes the morning after Truman, played by Jim Carrey, becomes aware that his entire life has been a simulation for people to watch on TV. As an audience member, you’re sure he’s going to wake up and do something different.
On my social media feed, people upped their output with increasing speed: they baked multiple loaves of bread, completed 30 workouts in 30 days and learned new languages. I was no exception. In the first weeks after being laid off from my part-time retail job, I was busier than ever, spending my days checking off items from my ever-growing to-do list.. With COVID-19 grinding the economy to a halt, it seemed strange to me that we were still so invested in the idea of productivity.
It’s no coincidence that all these examples are of privileged, white men. A quick look into these geniuses’ financial histories paints a telling picture: Newton had the luxury of waiting out the plague at his childhood manor; aristocratic patrons supported Da Vinci throughout his career; Jobs may have come from a working-class background, but even his counter-culture attitude had elitist roots .
“Solitude, observation and simple conviviality should be recognized not only as ends in and of themselves,” she goes on, “but inalienable rights belonging to anyone lucky enough to be alive.”
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