Aristotle suggests the highest human virtue is leisure.
Not producing (or consuming) is when you can self-reflect and pontificate.
Every other action, such as war, politics, or vacation, serves some other function.
The real question is: if we have forgotten how to serve ourselves, we must always serve a function.
{from Oliver Burkeman, “4,000 weeks” }
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