Periagoge
Practice

If You're Honest About Industrial revolution and its human cost...

Examine the hidden costs of modern productivity through ancient wisdom. Discover uncomfortable truths about your daily life and work habits.

Laoziguide
What you’ll practice

This is a reflective practice guided by Laozi. It gives you one honest question to sit with — the kind that moves you from thinking about an idea to working with it.

The reflection itself unfolds in conversation with Laozi, where it adapts to your situation — so you practice it together rather than reading it off the page.

Practice this with Laozi
Begin the reflection in a coaching conversation, where it meets what you’re actually working through.
Understand first
Forced Productivity and the Unnatural PaceCycles of Boom, Collapse, and Natural CorrectionThe Return to the UnpolishedThe Shadow Side and Unconscious CostsThe Valley and Working Poverty
Go deeper
Industrial revolution and its human cost: FoundationsIndustrial revolution and its human cost in PracticeIndustrial revolution and its human cost: What Nobody Tells YouIndustrial revolution and its human cost: From Confusion to ClarityWhat Is Industrial revolution and its human cost?
Peri
New to this practice?

Peri can explain what this practice is for, help you decide whether it fits what you’re working through, and point you to the right place to begin.

Ready to practice this?

Begin the reflection with your coach, or tell Peri what you’re working through.