the all-in podcast just tried to privatize the weekend and my nervous system is literally short-circuiting

i was just trying to have a quiet, low-demand doomscroll this morning when i saw the press release that fully sent my cortisol into the stratosphere. apparently jason calacanis, chamath palihapitiya, david sacks, and david friedberg—the literal bestie squad of venture capital—have decided that their next big disruption is, and i am not making this up, the concept of 'time off.'

their new fund, '7-day capital,' has announced a hostile bid to acquire the 'socio-temporal rights' to saturday and sunday. their whole vibe is that the weekend is an 'inefficient, legacy relaxation model' that leaves trillions in 'unrealized human-capital potential' on the table. i wish i was kidding. they literally want to sunset the weekend.

in a statement that felt like a personal attack, david sacks called the 48-hour break a 'major blocker to Q3 growth across all verticals.' they plan to rebrand the days as 'opti-day' (saturday) and 'scale-day' (sunday), making them fully monetizable work periods with, like, premium subscription tiers for 'mindful synergy breaks.'

i am just so tired. the weekend is not a 'temporal asset.' it is a safe space. it is the container i hold for my own exhaustion. it is when i do the emotional labor of recharging my social battery so i can survive another week of slack notifications and emails that are, frankly, violent. this unsolicited productivity mandate is violating my consent on a chronological level.

this whole situation is just another trigger warning for late-stage capitalism. it's the toxic masculinity of the economy trying to gaslight us into believing our need for rest is a personal failing and not a biological boundary. we need to hold space for the collective trauma of this announcement and protect our peace from the VCs who see our burnout as a market opportunity.

i'm logging off. i need to go touch grass and regulate my nervous system. if you, like me, need to literally feel the weight of existence to calm down after hearing this, my fave weighted blanket for dissociating is linked in my amazon storefront. stay safe out there.