On p. 179
> .. the unity it[paideia] seeks must be sought in experience, and it demands a readiness to interchange roles, even at the sacrifice of expertness, for the sake of the greater gain to learning and life. #LewisMumford #TransformationsOfMan

got me thinking of #Laetitia@Work

> Learning something new means you can’t be productive. Conversely, if you’re productive, it’s because you’re not learning anything new. ^1 #Vitaud #LaëtitiaVitaud

^1 https://laetitiaatwork.substack.com/p/5-reasons-why-i-dont-want-to-be-productive

> Squid Game has struck a chord with global audiences because its social critique is relevant outside the “Land of the Morning Calm.” It reflects growing anxieties over housing costs, excessive debt, increased competition between individuals, a shortage of good and meaningful work, digital surveillance, and many other things that don’t just affect #SouthKoreans..
https://www.welcometothejungle.com/en/articles/squid-games-workplace
#LaëtitiaVitaud #Vitaud #SquidGame #SouthKorea #GlobalEconomy

> Ultimately people in bullshit jobs mostly suffer from boredom. And bored employees become sadistic colleagues or managers. “The very meaninglessness of bullshit employment tends to exacerbate the sadomasochistic dynamic already potentially present in any top-down hierarchical relationship.”busyworkhttps://www.welcometothejungle.com/en/articles/bullshit-jobs-a-theory-by-david-graeber.”
#LaëtitiaVitaud #Vitaud on #DaivdGraeber's #BullshitJobs #Meaningless work leads to #PowerHarrasment #パワハラ

> Slavery and scientific management were good at extracting productivity gains from slaves/workers in fields and factories. Most of the economic metrics we use today were invented then. Interestingly modern accounting is closely intertwined with the history of slavery. That’s the subject of a book titled Accounting for #Slavery by #CaitlinRosenthal which examines how slavery laid the foundation of American capitalism
https://laetitiaatwork.substack.com/p/5-reasons-why-i-dont-want-to-be-productive
#LaëtitiaVitaud #Vitaud #Productivity #Accounting