"You should be changing the world!"
“‘We’ve created this idea that the meaning of life should be found in work,’ says Oren Cass, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, in “The Misguided Priorities of Our Educational System” (New York Times, December 10, 2018). ‘We tell young people that their work should be their passion. ‘Don’t give up until you find a job that you love!’ we say. ‘You should be changing the world!’ we tell them. That is the message in commencement addresses, in pop culture, and frankly, in media . . . ‘ ‘But our desks were never meant to be our altars,’ writes Derek Thompson, in ‘Workism Is Making Americans Miserable’ (Atlantic, February 24, 2019). ‘The modern labor force evolved to serve the needs of consumers and capitalists, not to satisfy tens of millions of people seeking transcendence at the office. It’s hard to self-actualize on the job if you’re a cashier—one of the most common occupations in the United States—and even the best white-collar roles have long periods of stasis, boredom, or busywork.’
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Fall in Love, Have Children, Stay Put, Save the Planet, Be Happy
is Available for Pre-Order Now.
To be published November 2 by HCI Books • Distributed by Simon & Schuster
