I’ve discussed Peter Gray before when I reviewed extrinsic and internal goals. As I said there, some of the research that Gray was using seemed shaky at best. Particularly in merely noting the correlation of various negative things that have happened to children in the last few decades with a lack of play. For example,…
I struggle with depression and anxiety, specifically social anxiety. I get nervous around strangers to mild degrees and find it difficult to talk to people I don’t know well. Even people who I sort of know, I can be awkward or not know exactly how to respond to whatever is going on. This is in…
This is by far the coolest thing I’ve seen in a while: The Willfully Unemployed of Japan Have Their Own Mecha Manga The show is called Neetenberg (高機動無職ニーテンベルグ or “High Mobility Unemployed: Neetenbergere’s and here’s a brief synopsis from Kotaku: The story follows the young protagonist, Yu Fudo (遊 不働), a character whose name literally…
Here on Abolish Work I try to focus on as many intersecting issues with work as possible. One of those issues has been play, another has been time poverty and still another has been excessive work hours in the US. Another obvious offshoot of all of these intersections is the way that work affects women.…
Original can be found here and credit to my friend Outcide Catt for finding this! Before we can answer this question, we must ask: what is play? Play is the antithesis of work. Work is the art of an exploitative science. It tugs at the reigns of capital, conducting its movements, speed and flow, carrying…
(Nick’s Notes: This is the third part of my four part series on Isaac Morehouse’s ideas on work from his blog, you can find part one here and part two here) Isaac has a podcast episode on whether we should think of imagination as work. Now, it seems pretty clear at first glance that I’d…
AKA, why play is really good for your kids!
The Boston Anarchist Bookfair will be going on this Sunday and the Monday after and I figured it’d be good to let you guys know that we’ll be there through a talk (Sunday, 4:45-5:45) as well as our handouts (which are pictured above). And by “we” I of course mean me but there should be other…