Okay, so over-eating makes you dumber, smoking makes you dumber, lack of sleep makes you dumber, unnecessary seriousness makes you dumber, multi-tasking makes you dumber and dumber, email makes you dumber, and meetings make you dumber…
So the dumbest person to work with, or for (in an office setting, anyway), would be a fat smoker who [...]
Are You A Big Fat Idiot?
Preempting The Knee-Jerk Reaction
The fact that I am opposed to the protestant work ethic does not mean that I am opposed to work. Thinking that would be as foolish as assuming that a person who crusades against prostitution is against the idea of sex.
The fact that I believe that Capitalism is not the “end of history” does not [...]
Discovering Your Calling, Or Not.
There is no end to “self-help” and “motivational” literature purporting to help you discover your “true calling” in life; that thing or industry or job that you will be gloriously happy doing and will finally make all of your labors worthwhile. It’s all bunk.
The concept of “a calling” is part and parcel of the Protestant [...]
Why Do We Work?
This seems like a stupid question, doesn’t it. We work because we must, because we have to “earn a living”. Right? The economic truth of life is harsh and brutal, and only hard work and sacrifice will provide us with any measure of security or leaisure, right? From a young age we are indoctrinated with the Puritan idea that suffering is required to redeem our “original sin” as human beings and that “hard work” was not only our curse because of this “original sin”, but that hard work is both the main factor in producing material wealth and that it is character building and morally good.
These are the ramblings of 