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📢  文末扫码进裙，免费领取双语精读版 How Busyness Became the New Status Symbol  Busyness and a lack of leisure time have become pervasive status symbols in the U.S. that most people attribute to higher social status individuals. TIME Society 31 August, 2024 | 803 words | ★★ ★ ☆ ☆   Whom do you hold in higher regard: Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama, politicians known for often working from early morning until late at night; or Keir Starmer, the new U.K. Prime Minister, who declared he wouldn’t work past 6 p.m. on Fridays, and Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, who took a few weeks off after her re-election in June? The answer is an obvious one in America. Busyness and a lack of leisure time have become pervasive status symbols in the U.S. that most people attribute to higher social status individuals. Historically, working long hours didn't generate admiration. In ancient Greece, free men had only contempt for work, while slaves ………………………………