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I
f you managed to evade burnout last year, scientists may be interested in studying your resilience.B
urnout in the workplace reached an all-time high in 2024. Around 82% of 1,500 white-collar, desk-based knowledge workers in North America, Asia, and Europe surveyed by DHR Global reported being “slightly” to “extremely” burned out. Similarly, 39% of 2,100 global employees surveyed by Skillsoft cited burnout and exhaustion as the top challenge they exper
ienced in 2024.But work probably wasn’t their only source of burnout. The term, while traditionally used in reference to occupational stress, can also describe social media or
political fatigue.“People were burned out