“Sabbaticals should be mandatory every seven years or we're just slowly dying at our desks pretending it's living.”
Agree
- Continuous work without reset destroys human spirit
- Burnout is cumulative and recovery needs real time
- Perspective requires distance you never get
- We're not machines despite productivity culture demands
Disagree
- Most industries can't accommodate extended absences
- People would abuse system or never return
- Continuous engagement builds expertise and momentum
- Economic reality makes this utopian fantasy impossible
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