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The case for more idleness, published by the aptly called Idleness Gazette.

Some time should be wasted. That is the claim. Not all of it, not most of it, but some, deliberately, as a matter of principle. Because a life in which every hour serves work, including the hours of rest that serve work by restoring you for more work, is a life that belongs entirely to work, even in its leisure, even in its sleep. […] The idle hour is the one hour that does not belong to the project of your own improvement. It is, in the most literal sense, free time.

From Weekly Filet #575, in June 2026.