We’ve got to start thinking beyond our own lifespans if we’re going to avoid extinction

Short-term analysis of ways to save society, and indeed humanity, is useless

How Louis Theroux’s power nap plan could transform our working lives

The documentary maker says his utopian society would include sleep booths at the office. Turns out many companies have already installed them

The Guardian view on empty offices: goodbye to all that?

Editorial: The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating a digitally driven trend that was already in train. We need to plan for the downsides

What is your workplace like and how has it changed since coronavirus?

We’d like to hear from workers about the experience of being in work during the coronavirus pandemic

Constantly distracted? Here’s how to wrangle ’21st-century syndrome’

It’s easier than ever to slip into a vortex of YouTube or meaningless email, but if you reflect on why you’re distracted, you might discover something deeper

‘My heart jumps when a patient misses a session’: the Brazilian students helping prevent suicide

More than 1,500 people at high risk of suicide have been supported by an innovative mental health programme

Underworked but exhausted? That’s not burnout, that’s ‘boreout’

Being severely underworked can bring depression, illness and – for one French employee – a tasty payout

I love being in an office so much that when I was unemployed I paid for one

Turning our backs on our colleagues to work from home would be a grave mistake

The way we once lived is now redundant. We need to reinvent ourselves

There will be no going back to ‘normal’. Our cherished concept of work is increasingly meaningless – the future belongs to those who understand the arts of life

Farewell workplace burnout: will coronavirus slow the manic pace of our modern lives?

Here’s hoping the pandemic forces a rethink of our obsession with work and the culture of busyness