Mentioned 2 times on 2 shows.
“His most important book was Leisure: the Basis of Culture. That's his most inflecting. It's actually a long essay. It's very, very beautiful. He says, I can tell you everything you need to know about a culture by how they actually use leisure.”
“all virtues. He wrote these really beautiful books, but his, his, probably his most influential book was leisure. The basis of culture where we define culture as a serious business. It's not chilling on a beach, which is called acedia, also known as laziness or torpor. You know, it's like, I can do that for like an hour and then you don't want to run away screaming. It's the worst.”