12.26.09
Nietzsche’s “Slave Morality” and the Workweek.
The root of this phenomenon is cultural, but in no small part it is perpetuated by the sheer number of hours that a job consumes. It crowds everything else out and both dichotomizes and quantizes the schedule: “weekday” vs. “weekend”, “work time” vs. “personal time”.
There’s little time to do anything beyond the job at that point. Choose carefully.