(Nick’s Notes: This article is a response to this piece by John Dishwasher on Medium) In my quest to get better caught up with the backlog of what I want to talk about, post on and share on this site I’ve now finally read an article recommended to me a while ago by a friend entitled Some Advice…
Now, I’m not necessarily totally on board with New Work (it’s more or less a reform effort at giving us less hours, having us pursue what we love and doing that more sustainability through what Frithjof Bergman calls “community production”) but it’s interesting and worth checking out at any rate. Here’s the short introduction for those who…
Apparently June 19th was “Recess at Work Day” which means something to the effect of dressing up the horrible times we have in our lives as just something that is up for free negotiation with our bosses and something that can be made to be slightly on our own terms.And even if such a fantasy land existed…
I wanted to republish this but have not gotten any response from the author on Twitter and figured I would just excerpt the best parts and just do that instead. One of the earliest and most interesting parts about this is the history of the cubicle. Some of which you can find here: The original designs…
In under four minutes Hughes talks about how work has been a tool for the ruling elite to enslave us, how work should be switched around from “five days on, two days off” to just working two days and having the rest of the week off and more.
(Nick’s Notes: I have reprinted this article with the permission of both Brigid and the Washington Post. You should also check out her book when it comes out which sounds really interesting) Forget Russian figure skater Julia Lipnitskaia spinning in a blur with her leg impossibly held straight up against her ear. The sight of skier…
(Nick’s Notes: This essay has been republished from here. A follow-up article analyzing and critiquing certain parts of this essay shall be coming in the coming days. In Praise of Idleness By Bertrand Russell [1932[ Like most of my generation, I was brought up on the saying: ‘Satan finds some mischief for idle hands to do.’…
(Nick’s Notes: This is Mr. Spencer’s second blog post that we are hosting. I should’ve posted this yesterday but fell behind due to moving and sleep schedule shenanigans. Expect more of Mr. Spencer’s work to come in the next few Thursdays. You can find a version of this article here as well as on David’s blog)…