Plaintext with Rich

Cybersecurity Burnout: Not a Character Flaw, a System Problem

May 22, 2026·8 min
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You're reading a breach report. Third one this month. Last year a story like this would have lit something in you. Today you scroll past it. That's not you. That's the bill. Episode 26 of Plaintext with Rich is the fourth installment of the Month of Mindfulness, a five-week series on self-care for people working in security and tech. This week we're talking about burnout, what it actually is and why the cybersecurity industry produces it reliably. We use the World Health Organization's classi...

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