Matthew Merkovich :clippy: on Nostr: This was a fun quote to read this morning. “Note those verbs that we can’t ...
This was a fun quote to read this morning.
“Note those verbs that we can’t escape: We ‘spend’ time, we ‘pay’ attention.
Language—and perhaps English in particular—is so saturated with economic jargon that these words seem natural, they seem to make sense, but our time and attention are much, much more precious than these words suggest.”
The economic jargon in English is insidious!
Excerpt From
The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness
Waldinger, Schulz
“Note those verbs that we can’t escape: We ‘spend’ time, we ‘pay’ attention.
Language—and perhaps English in particular—is so saturated with economic jargon that these words seem natural, they seem to make sense, but our time and attention are much, much more precious than these words suggest.”
The economic jargon in English is insidious!
Excerpt From
The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness
Waldinger, Schulz