{
  "$type": "site.standard.document",
  "bskyPostRef": {
    "cid": "bafyreid6rvj2j2tz7pxgjrohpkdqigar5nelsgfu2jvgyesfr5xewczsue",
    "uri": "at://did:plc:kdx62oowhgkmebnwswk4ppfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3meetulzv3oz2"
  },
  "coverImage": {
    "$type": "blob",
    "ref": {
      "$link": "bafkreifgyuzgrwq4u5xljy2ewmpx4g5inoyevq5am6q7u526ghtcp3qtri"
    },
    "mimeType": "image/jpeg",
    "size": 428432
  },
  "path": "/2026/02/08/samin-nosrat-yo-yo-ma-interview/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-08T16:40:25.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.themarginalian.org",
  "tags": [
    "culture",
    "psychology",
    "creativity",
    "interviews",
    "Samin Nosrat",
    "Yo-Yo Ma",
    "read article"
  ],
  "textContent": "We live in a bipolar epoch — on one end, the blamethirsty finger of cancel culture and politicized othering; on the other, the zeal for designating people, real human beings with real human lives, as secular saints expected to give us unremitting consolation, inspiration, and encouragement. Both are cages that dehumanize the caged, negating the tessellated variousness of their personhood, the complexity of their human experience. All the while, our cultural mythos of success is skinning life of joy on the crucifix of achievement. Of all the ills that require our constant vigilance and courage, these three — ambition, blame,… read article",
  "title": "The Blessing of Burnout: Samin Nosrat on the Faustian Bargain of Achievement and the Simple Substance of the Good Life"
}