Everything you were told about hard work is a lie.

Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code CITIESDIANA at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/citiesdiana Everything you were told about hard work is a LIE! Most jobs in the western world are either pointless and boring where you sit around wasting time doing meaningless busywork or they expect you to devote your entire life to them, putting in 70 hours a week or more. And if you try to leave the rat race, hustle culture encourages us to never stop grinding. Modern work leaves you with two choices: boredom or burnout. In this video, we will discuss the roots of modern hustle culture, hourly wages and the cultural pressure to always stay busy. Leading back to medeval Europe and colonial America and the "Protestant Work Ethic" to the Industrial Revolution, the advent of hourly wages and the 8 hour day, the role of AI and workplace surviellance and how it contributes to performative productivity to the modern-day expectations of a "996 work week" in tech companies in China and Silicon Valley. Hope you all enjoy! Subscribe to my channel here -    / @citiesbydiana   Support me on Patreon -   / citiesbydiana   Follow me on TikTok -   / citiesbydiana   Instagram -   / citiesbydiana   Threads - https://www.threads.net/@citiesbydiana Follow me on Twitch -   / citiesbydiana   Steam - https://steamcommunity.com/id/citiesb... Consider supporting me with a small donation - https://ko-fi.com/citiesbydiana Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/citiesbydian... Music - https://www.epidemicsound.com/ and others Sources: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/ar.... https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/bu... https://www.npr.org/2025/10/26/nx-s1-... https://www.fastcompany.com/91425441/... https://socapglobal.com/2019/09/the-a... https://www.inc.com/geoffrey-james/ne... https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/fea...