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The Tiredness Virus
Byung-Chul Han | The Nation - TRANSCEND Media Service, 26 Apr 2021

12 Apr 2021 – Covid-19 is a mirror that renders more visible the pathological symptoms that already existed before the pandemic. The idleness imposed on us during lockdown has made us tired. Some people claim that we might rediscover the beauty of leisure, that life might decelerate. In fact, time during the pandemic is ruled not by leisure and deceleration but by tiredness and depression. Why do we feel so tired?

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