this is very accurate, even if you don't come in like this, you come out of MIT with this view.
5 years later I've never escaped the "MIT VIEW: Increase intensity. Maximum intensity = maximum productivity. If you find yourself relaxed and with your mind wandering, you are probably having a detrimental effect on the recovery rate."
I love it, but I completely recognize that I came in a person and out a machine.
hey-so in my interpretation the basic thesis of this document is that MIT's culture doesn't really support "burnout prevention and recovery" which rings true to me.
I never experienced burnout at MIT but yea my intuition about avoiding it is strongly warped just for having been there.
5 years later I've never escaped the "MIT VIEW: Increase intensity. Maximum intensity = maximum productivity. If you find yourself relaxed and with your mind wandering, you are probably having a detrimental effect on the recovery rate."
I love it, but I completely recognize that I came in a person and out a machine.