Why Americans Care About Work So Much

Photo credit: Brian Finke / Gallery Stock. Article by Derek Thompson. The Atlantic – March 31, 2023.

Workism is rooted in the belief that employment can provide everything we have historically expected from organized religion.

Here is a history of work in six words: from jobs to careers to callings. Until quite recently, we had little concept of “progress” in our labor. Around the world, people hunted or harvested, just as their parents and grandparents had. They hammered nails. They assembled gears and sewed thread and patched homes. Their work was […]

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