In order to dismiss the current philosophers who LaFargue disagrees with he uses a mix of history and philosophy against the “moralists”: Let us open the history of ancient peoples and the writings of their philosophers and law givers. “I could not affirm,” says the father of history, Herodotus, “whether the Creeks derived from the…
First off, I really like the title to this chapter. It invokes Spring and a certain freeness to me. The ability to structure not only new things but things in a new context to support these new things. It’s just a nice phrase in general, really. Lafargue builds off his latest conclusions that giving the laborer more time…
While I was planning to finish this series in a week things got in the way…okay mostly laziness and shitty internet. We are off to a good start with LaFargue considering promises of the Greek poet Antiparos who more or less claimed that new technology would liberate us from work. That it would give us…
In life we all have some purpose (except for those dirty nihilists). Some goal or intention to get to a goal come hell or high water. It’s what drives us every day and what makes us get out of bed and able to coordinate ourselves more efficiently. It invokes confidence at times and other times…
Some people these days have a notion of, instead of trying to abolish work to just simply balance it more perfectly with the rest of their life. This means that instead of quitting that job you hate with the boss that disrespects you you may just be more inclined to just give less of your energy and time to…
Where to Start? In my previous post I tackled what I meant by “work” in the Introduction. While that hopefully answers a good portion of what an anti-work position may look like (I don’t claim a monopoly on the anti-work position) it isn’t all there is to it. Because for me if you’re going to oppose work…