How to Fight Back Against the Inhumanity of Modern Work

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Description: “It is easy for me to imagine,” wrote Wendell Berry in his 2000 book, “Life Is a Miracle,” “that the next great division of the world will be between people who wish to live as creatures and people who wish to live as machines.” I quote this a lot because so many of our social problems spring from a resistance to the glorious yet limited state of being human. And increasingly our work and workplaces are shaped by this same inclination.

Source: NYTimes.com

Date: Oct 16, 2022

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/16/opinion/work-rest-sabbath.html

Questions for discussion:

  • What does the article say about modern work and how to deal with it?
  • What do you think about these points?
  • Is there a solution?
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