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A critical essay on the "72-hour work week" trend in tech, arguing that extreme work hours create isolated bubbles that narrow perspective and produce tools for privileged insiders rather than broader society.

Rory Sutherland Sebastian David Lees Silicon Valley
sebs.website · Incerto · 1 day ago · details · hn
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A personal essay examining how AI coding agents trigger dopamine-based addictive loops similar to gambling, causing developers to work compulsively until 2-4 AM with degraded judgment and requiring sleep medication to recover. The author argues this differs from traditional workaholism due to zero friction, passive spectator engagement, infinite task branching, and social gamification.

Claude Code Steve Yegge Garry Tan Y Combinator Andrej Karpathy TechCrunch Quentin Rousseau
blog.quent.in · sylvainkalache · 1 day ago · details · hn