Burnout

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Overthink

2025-08-12

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What makes burnout different from exhaustion or fatigue? In episode 136 of Overthink, Ellie and David look at the history of the term burnout and its surprising connection to social justice. They also explore Byung-Chul Han’s reading of burnout as a natural consequence of “achievement culture.”  How does our mindless scrolling on TikTok and Instagram reveal our inability to be bored and meditate? And how does this  contribute to our personal and collective run-ins with burnout? Why do so many people, academics included, fail to recognize their own burnout? And is it even possible to escape burnout in a capitalist society? In the bonus, your hosts talk about the shame surrounding burnout, errand paralysis, and the relationship between burnout and compulsive buying. Works Discussed: Herbert J. Freudenberger, “Staff Burn-Out” Byung-Chul Han, The Burnout Society Emily and Amelia Nagoski, Burnout, the Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle David M. Peña-Guzmán and Rebekah Spera, Professional Philosophy and Its Myths Anne Helen Peterson, Can’t Even: How Millennials became the Burnout Generation Hannah Proctor, Burnout Support the show Patreon | patreon.com/overthinkpodcast Website | overthinkpodcast.com Instagram & Twitter | @overthink_pod Email | dearoverthink@gmail.com YouTube | Overthink podcast
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  • Hello, and welcome to Overthink.

  • The podcast where two philosophers burn the candle at both ends,

  • bringing big ideas into dialogue with everyday life.

  • I'm Ellie Anderson.

  • And I'm David Peña-Guzman.

  • There's a very popular self-test for burnout known as the Maslach Burnout Inventory.

  • It comes from Christina Maslach, who popularized the term burnout.

  • And it's based on her research with mental health workers and other helping professionals in the 1970s.

  • The full Maslach burnout self-test is something that you have to purchase.

  • But I found a bootleg pseudo version online.

  • So I'm going to read you a few of these things, David, and you tell me how they resonate with you.

  • Oh, are you going to test me live on Overthink?

  • So I'm not going to test you live because there's too many questions, but there's a few sections.

  • Okay.

  • So let's do a mini test.

  • We'll do a mini test.

  • Yeah.

  • We'll do a mini bootleg test.

  • Okay.

  • Spoiler alert.