Does working hard really make you a good person? | Azim Shariff

This podcast episode delves into the concept of "effort moralization," the human tendency to value people who display more effort as being more moral and cooperative, regardless of the actual outcome or value of their efforts. This phenomenon is prevalent across cultures and can lead to societal obsession with effort for its own sake, resulting in a work culture that emphasizes workaholism and sacrifices productivity and personal well-being in the name of signaling industriousness.