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c. The imagined order is inter-subjective. Even if by some superhuman effort I succeed in freeing my personal desires from the grip of the imagined order, I am just one person. In order to change the imagined order I must convince millions of strangers to cooperate with me. For the imagined order is not a subjective order existing in my own imagination – it is rather an inter-subjective order, existing in the shared imagination of thousands and millions of people.
Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari
Behavior which earns success or even just survival at work thus gives Rico little to offer in the way of a parental role model. In fact, for this modern couple, the problem is just the reverse: how can they protect family relations from succumbing to the short-term behavior, the meeting mind-set, and above all the weakness of loyalty and commitment which mark the modern workplace?
The Corrosion of Character
Richard Sennett
Unlike employees whose actions can be prescribed in unlimited detail, these workers have to understand their employers’ interests, because there are moments when that understanding is all they have to go on. Employers designate these special nonmanagement workers “professionals.”
Disciplined Minds
Jeff Schmidt
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