Can we avoid burnout just by buying less? | Interview Tom Szaky

Can we avoid burnout just by buying less? | Interview Tom Szaky

May 27, 2026 · 16 min · Season 6 · Episode 21

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The episode discusses how modern consumption and the obsession with buying more contribute to burnout, featuring insights from Tom Szaky of TerraCycle.

What if our cultural obsession with buying more isn't just filling up landfills, but actively burning us out? In this episode, I’m joined by Tom Szaky, the founder of TerraCycle, who has been pioneering solutions in the waste and recycling space for 25 years. Tom shares a radical perspective on how modern consumption shifted dramatically since the 1950s, why waste is an economic anomaly, and how reclaiming our relationship with what we buy can actually cure the modern burnout epidemic. We l...

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