Am I the only person in the world who is shocked and amazed at the ongoing flattery of uebergeek Mark Zuckerberg? — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
In the West, we have become addicted to work. Americans now work the longest hours in the world. And the result is… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
Poetry, being supremely useless, by its very existence represents a protest against the so-called 'real world' of busy-ness and moneymaking, so we… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
Part of this individualism is you feel this pressure that you alone have to conquer the world, and if you don't work… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
The siesta provides a delightful detour from the working day and it also has a practical value as far as productivity is… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
Now I'm no biologist, but it seems to make a lot of sense that slow lives, as well as being enjoyable, are… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
Facebook is not ideologically neutral. In fact, it emerges from a very particular world view which we can trace back to Hobbes.… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
The world's richest half billion people - that's about seven per cent of the global population - are responsible for fifty per… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
Our dreams take us into other worlds, alternative realities that help us make sense of day-to-day realities. — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
What seems extraordinary is that the richest countries in the world, in terms of economic output, are the ones where we work… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
What seems extraordinary is that the richest countries in the world, in terms of economic output, are the ones where we work… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
In a world where you are constantly asked to be 'committed,' it is liberating to give yourself the license to be a… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
Little things like making clothes, baking bread, cooking, even useless things like bird-watching, sketching flowers, playing guitar in the home - that… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
By taking out a loan, I am committing myself to years of interest repayments, and therefore to years of wage slavery. And the UK… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
Writing a book is a brilliant thing because once you've finished it, you've done it, and there's the potential for it to go on… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
Truly, the bench is a boon to idlers. Whoever first came up with the idea is a genius: free public resting places where you… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
Beauty, pleasure, freedom and plenty of sleep: these are the hallmarks of a successful idler's break. Travel should not be hard work. — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
These days we seem more bound to our bosses than ever before. We even identify our own selves with the jobs we do: 'What… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
The way to stop feeling guilty is to read stuff - I'm not saying my book, but works by Bertrand Russell or Oscar Wilde,… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
The idea of a government is to create an ordered, willing work force where there's no trouble. I think idlers are generally seen as… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
When stuck years ago in a job I hated, my only friend was the public bench. As the tedious mornings dragged on, how I… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
Pain will never leave us. Instead of putting energy into destroying pain, we need to put energy into creating pleasure. — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
Sensible people advise against drinking on an empty stomach, but to my mind it is the best sort of drinking. — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
