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Oliver Burkeman: “Why most scholars worked for only 4 hours a day”

Nudge

28 July 2025 · Marketing & Growth

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Why did Charles Darwin, Virginia Woolf, and Henri Poincaré all follow the same four-hour rule? In this episode, bestselling author Oliver Burkeman returns to explain why three to four hours of focused work might be the secret to productivity and peace.

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