In Praise of Work - Epsilon Theory
The problem isn't that we derive too much of our worth and value from work. The problem is that our jobs are becoming increasingly abstracted from work. Friends: Your work is holy. Read more
In Praise of Work - Panoptica featuring Epsilon Theory In Praise of Work R G Rusty Guinn March 1, 2019 · Jobs and School We blame social media and hustle culture for workism. We've tried two solutions: make your job feel like family, or treat work as merely a currency to buy leisure. Yet neither addresses the real problem. The issue isn't that we care too much about work. It's that our jobs have become almost entirely abstracted from work itself. • The abstraction happened long before social media. Banking and consulting weren't soul-crushing because of Instagram. They were fundamentally about
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