{"id":101066,"date":"2019-01-23T12:36:19","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T18:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/?p=101066"},"modified":"2026-09-11T15:28:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T20:28:35","slug":"podcast-476-are-modern-people-the-most-exhausted-in-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/strength\/health\/podcast-476-are-modern-people-the-most-exhausted-in-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast #476: Are Modern People the Most Exhausted in History?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>People often complain about being tired and burnt out these days from work and family responsibilities. We think it\u2019s because of the way technology has sped up the pace of life, and the way we\u2019re always \u201con,\u201d and figure we\u2019re living in the most exhausting age in history. But are we really?<\/p>\n<p>My guest today argues that, no, people have been complaining about being tired since at least antiquity. Her name is Anna Schaffner and she\u2019s written a book called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B01GNC7FQK\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B01GNC7FQK&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=stucosuccess&amp;linkId=FSXA3GZUT5SFDAZ4\"><em>Exhaustion: A History<\/em><\/a>, which traces the fascinating evolution of physical, psychological, and existential fatigue from the ancient Greeks to the modern day. Today she takes us on this tour, and as we move from age to age, we dig into how exhaustion has changed as to how its described, whether we blame external or internal factors as its source, and how much we believe personal agency can control it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People often complain about being tired and burnt out these days from work and family responsibilities. 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My guest today [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":194964,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42265,156,42380],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-podcast","category-strength"],"featured_image_urls":{"large":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/476-538x280.png","medium_large":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/476-768x432.png","aom":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/476-372x230.png","reactor-320":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/476-320x180.png","reactor-640":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/476-640x360.png"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.4 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Podcast #476: Are Modern People the Most Exhausted in History? | The Art of Manliness<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/strength\/health\/podcast-476-are-modern-people-the-most-exhausted-in-history\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Podcast #476: Are Modern People the Most Exhausted in History? | The Art of Manliness\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"People often complain about being tired and burnt out these days from work and family responsibilities. 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