Sisyphus’ punishment for speaking out is to effort the stone up the mountain. In Camus’ interpretation, Sisyphus is well aware of his situation, of what led up to it as well as what his future will be ...

California Gov. Jerry Brown must rapidly close a $25 billion budgetary shortfall. But right now it seems almost a hopeless task since the state's disastrous budget is a symptom, not the cause, of ...

Like Sisyphus rolling a boulder uphill only to see it tumble back down, DEIB leaders often grapple with frustration and fatigue in their tireless efforts to advance workplace diversity, equity ...

California Gov. Jerry Brown must rapidly close a $25 billion budgetary shortfall. But right now it seems almost a hopeless task since the state’s disastrous budget is a symptom, not the cause… ...

The story of Sisyphus illustrates how frustrating it is for employees to continuously struggle in their work, seeing absolutely no purpose or value in it. Dan Ariely conducted a study recently ...

In the Greek myth, Sisyphus was a king (and son of a king) who was ultimately punished for his self-aggrandizement, greed and deceitfulness, being condemned to eternally push a boulder up a hill, o… ...

Many a Wall Street broker visualizes himself as a modern Sisyphus in a special kind of New Deal Hell: endlessly rolling a Business boulder up a WPA hill built too steep by Federal spending, sown ...

FILLING a New York City pothole is not such a difficult job. Clean out the hole, pour molten asphalt around the edge, shovel in a few loads of it, rake it flat, tamp it down, seal the edge with mor… ...

The narrative of Sisyphus, as reimagined by Albert Camus, ... Humanity's Modern Sisyphus. The quest to develop artificial intelligence mirrors the Sisyphean task.

When I encountered the case of the modern-day Sisyphus, who was caught red-handed scrolling YouTube, I was advised to fire the person immediately, but my curiosity got the better of me.