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Anti-Work and Leftist Lutheran Theology: An Overview, by Luke St. Peter
Note from Doreen: My good friend Luke has kindly offered to post their thoughts on theology and the anti-work philosophy I’ve been writing about for years now. I’m happy to post their well-crafted ideas here, but this should not be taken as a full endorsement of their beliefs. For example, I am not a Lutheran,…
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“Laziness” is Context, not Content
I could have written this post yesterday. Instead, after reading an excellent article by Devon Price about how Laziness Does Not Exist, I chose not to. Instead, I decided to go play video games for nearly 3 hours, then have dinner, play video games with friends (Fall Guys) and then play more video games from…
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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…