Rest IS Productive!

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We live in a culture where taking breaks isn’t allowed. This comes from the Industrial Revolution and slavery: both economic structures where the business owners profit only when workers or slaves are working and lose profit when these workers and slaves were resting.

There are many productivity books out there (Scrum being the first one to come to mind) that talk about the importance of happiness and the detrimental effects of…