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    What’s next on your checklist? We live in a world that celebrates productivity — where getting more done, in less time, is often seen as the ultimate goal. For many, this mindset fuels ambition. It drives innovation, opens doors, builds careers, and creates a sense of progress and control. But there’s a flip side: some would argue that there’s a burnout crisis. When constant output becomes the measure of our worth, the pressure to keep going can be overwhelming, and the very tools meant to help us thrive can lead to burnout, anxiety, and disconnection. Others say the problem isn’t productivity itself, but how we’ve come to define success — and the unrealistic expectations that come with it. Others say the system is broken, which pushes us to trade well-being for performance. Before the timer goes off, we debate: Is Our Productivity Culture Toxic?
    
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Gary Kleck

Professor in the College of Criminology

Criminal Justice at Florida State University

Kleck’s research centers on violence and crime control, focusing on gun control and crime deterrence. Kleck is the author of “Targeting Guns: Firearms and Their Control” (1997) and “Point Blank: Guns and Violence in America” (1991), which won the Michael J. Hindelang Award of the American Society of Criminology in 1993 for making “the most outstanding contribution to criminology” in the preceding three years.

Debates Featuring Gary Kleck

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Guns Reduce Crime

With John J. Donohue, Stephen Halbrook, Paul Helmke, R. Gil Kerlikowske, Gary Kleck, John R. Lott

October 28, 2008

Does widespread gun ownership prevent crimes by empowering law-abiding citizens? Or does normalized gun presence make violent crime more likely, and encourage untrained civilians to take the law into their own hands? Do guns reduce crime?

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1:44:05

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Guns Reduce Crime

Does widespread gun ownership prevent crimes by empowering law-abiding citizens? Or does normalized gun presence make violent crime more likely, and encourage untrained civilians to take the law into their own hands? Do guns reduce…

With John J. Donohue, Stephen Halbrook, Paul Helmke, R. Gil Kerlikowske, Gary Kleck, John R. Lott

October 28, 2008

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