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Two Core Abilities for Thriving in the New Economy: The ability to quickly master hard things. The ability to produce at an elite level, in terms of both quality and speed.
people do have a notion of the social value of their work; but our society has reached the point where not only is the social value of work usually in inverse proportion to its economic value (the more one’s work benefits others, the less one is likely to be paid for it), but many people have come to accept this situation is morally right—they genuinely believe this is how things ought to be.
Bullshit Jobs
David Graeber
When a professor encourages students to adopt gender- neutral language or signs an open letter to university administration, she stands in the right sort of relationship to be addressing these others in virtue ofher role. Yet at the same time, she also pushes its boundaries by attempting to achieve something outside of it: by influencing the way that others carry out their roles (as students, deans, etc.). In effect, she alters the expectations issuing from the role-segments of which she is a party, thereby opening up new options by reweighting the stakes.
What Is My Role in Changing the System? A New Model of Responsibility for Structural Injustice
Robin Zheng
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