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When Prison is Better than Work: The Story of CAAIR
When I told y’all about exoskeletons keeping the elderly working past when they should I figured that’d be the most horrific thing I’d talk about this month. It’s pretty hard to outdo making use of genuinely useful and needed technological advancements in such exploitative ways but I think I’ve found a story that does just…
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Your Life Ends When Work Ends (And It Never Ends)
I get up just about noon My head sends a message for me to reach for my shoes and then walk Gotta go to work, gotta go to work, gotta have a job Remember when folks used to retire? You know, that pesky thing that makes work finally end for maybe 10-20 years (the latter…
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Laboring Under Delusions vs. Laboring Under Bullshit
Content Warning: Brief discussion #MeToo subject matter A few months back I wrote about David Graeber at an RSA talk concerning his book Bullshit Jobs. I was struck by some of his claims but found many lacking academic rigor behind them. Apparently, when reading his book, I was not alone on this front as Nick…
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When “Progress” Means Stepping on People, It Gets Easier to See
Remember when I wrote that article about how capitalism justifies itself with bogus studies that seems plausible enough or make it sound like capitalism has done a good job? Right, of course you do, because that was literally the last article. Luckily, I totally planned for this next article to be an excellent display of…
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When it Comes to Job Numbers, “Don’t Believe the Hype!”
I remember getting into Public Enemy when I was in high school. That’s because of the wonderful band Rage Against The Machine, who themselves were inspired by Public Enemy. So the transition from one band to another makes a ton of sense for my teenage self. Anyways, that’s the reference. And here’s the article that…