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EPISODE · Oct 23, 2021 · 35 MIN

The Wastage Of Work: How Should We Collectively Think About Jobs?

from Mere Mortals Conversations · host Kyrin Down & Juan Granados

This is probably one of my beliefs that will annoy the most people.In Episode #240 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: why I think there is something wrong with the way that we all view 'jobs' as a necessity, why people work in the first case, how many people would stay at their job if they weren't getting paid, why paying for everything is the end goal, a Mexican parable and Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman.As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!Timeline:(0:00) - A caveat for future privilege immunity(3:25) - My spiel against jobs(8:53) - Why work?(11:45) - Would you pay to work?(18:03) - How to get to the point where you pay for everything(26:29) - The parable of the Mexican Fisherman(28:39) - Humankind book(34:17) - Final sumup & join the DiscordConnect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReUInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/Support the show

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