In November 2021, John Kaag and Jonathan van Belle published an article in Fast Company magazine called “What Thoreau Can Teach Us About the Great Resignation.”
A year and a half into the Covid-19 pandemic, white-collar workers around the world had learned that many of the trappings of the traditional job—conference rooms, commuter trains—might not have been necessary after all. White-collar and blue-collar workers alike had learned that showing up for work could literally kill you.
