加班文化适得其反浪费人的才能_公共英语阅读理解

加班文化适得其反浪费人的才能

这与英国流行病学家迈克尔.马尔莫(Michael Marmot)教授对1万名白厅公务员进行的纵向研究的发现一致：压力似乎集中于金字塔的顶端和底层。

But when Marianna Virtanen continued the study to look at the long-term consequences of that stress, she found working 11 or more hours a day doubled the risk of a major depressive episode.

但当玛丽安娜.弗塔嫩(Marianna Virtanen)继续研究这种压力的长期后果时，她发现每天工作11个小时或者更久，会使人出现重度抑郁期的风险加倍。

A lifetime of long hours was also associated with cognitive loss in middle years: reasoning, problem solving, creativity were all poorer.

一辈子长时间工作也与中年时期认知能力下降（推理能力、解决的问题能力和创造力都出现退化）存在相关性。

All of this damage is invisible.

这些损害都是看不见的。

If it were not — if some of the wear and tear resulted in visible injury — perhaps companies would take more care.

如果并非如此，也就是说，如果一些损害会导致可见的伤害，也许企业会更加注意。

But it is very hard for most people to accept that thinking is a physical activity, performed by the brain — which, like every organ, has limits to its capacity.