[javiramos]

I recently read a book (Behemoth [0]) about the history of the 'factory' and I can tell you that burnout is omnipresent throughout the entire narrative. Particularly, the 18th century textile mills were a brutal and oppressive place to work. Burnout, financial ruin and pressure, and worker unhappiness were persistent elements of the book. To this day, we still have manufacturing settings that heavily rely in oppressive and abusive labor practices.

I think that what is "new" is burnout in the context of the office and knowledge work.

[0] https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/mar/14/behemoth-joshu...