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What If We Just...Stopped Working?

Published on Fri, Apr 15th 2022 Education Rectangular HD

What If We Just...Stopped Working? – Second Thought
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Ever think about how the average person is orders of magnitude more productive than workers of the past, and yet our work week hasn't gotten any shorter? What's the deal? In this week's episode we're looking at the idea of "work," and how it's been so thoroughly polluted by capitalism.

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SOURCES
On work and post-work, generally
https://books.google.com/books?id=3uYJoGw83YAC&printsec=frontcover
https://www.bigissue.com/opinion/david-graeber-to-save-the-world-were-going-to-have-to-stop-working/
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/bertrand-russell-in-praise-of-idleness-11-02-05-22-00-46
https://jacobinmag.com/2018/03/four-hour-workweek-tim-ferriss-work
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2018/02/workweek-free-time-precarity-daylight-savings-time
https://jacobinmag.com/2020/11/work-time-leisure-hours-overwork-labor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3T5tuobF_0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V1YnecK9q4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUs-G9j11kk
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/07/world-without-work/395294/

On meaningful work, specifically
https://books.google.com.au/books?id=40SCDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover

On bullshit work, very specifically
https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/the-bullshit-job-boom
https://books.google.com/books?id=iHVEDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover

On work and the very concept of energy, as specific as it gets
https://books.google.com/books?id=UgiqDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover

Iceland study
https://autonomy.work/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ICELAND_4DW.pdf
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2021/07/05/iceland-tried-a-shortened-workweek-and-it-was-an-overwhelming-success/?sh=6e2e8bdb3ac8

Burnout stats
https://everyonesocial.com/blog/employee-burnout-statistics/

Multiple job stats
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy-multiple-jobs/share-of-u-s-workers-holding-multiple-jobs-is-rising-new-census-report-shows-idUSKBN2AH2PI

1.5 - 3 hours stat & nonwork
https://doi.org/10.1177/1350508413515541
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/12/the-wasted-workday/383380/

Diminishing returns productivity
​​https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/03/does-working-fewer-hours-make-you-more-productive/

Meaningless jobs stats
https://today.yougov.com/topics/economy/articles-reports/2021/08/02/working-americans-jobs-fulfilling-meaningful-poll
https://yougov.co.uk/topics/economy/articles-reports/2020/02/20/quarter-british-workers-find-jobs-lack-meaning

Just a fantastic Forbes article
​​https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2018/07/11/harboring-resentment-at-your-job-15-ways-to-rise-above-it/?sh=100e73ad76f7


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