There is a difference between 'work' and a 'job'. Most people we call 'work-shy' are actually 'job-shy'. They don't mind working at all, but they loath working under highly pressurized conditions.
The highest ideal should be a society that doesn't mind people who don't want to work. Nevermind the fact that work is any undertaken action for a particular end. The question is one of control, always.
I love this , because it's true. People will choose to work, when it is meaningful work on their own terms. People don't want to work under conditions of exploitative, hostile and oppressive wage slavery. There's a major difference.
I feel so lucky that my thinking has driven my work and then I ended up being paid for it. Probably the guy working in the IPhone factory does not have much time to ponder these things.
Yeah but there's a lot of work that needs to be done that sucks... Especially in the lower wages domain. We can't have 1000 painters and 1 brick layer. (But hopefully that will change over time with technological innovations and automation)
Anyone who says that people wouldn't do work without being coerced hasn't ever had a vacation that was too long. You get bored pretty quickly.
There is a difference between 'work' and a 'job'. Most people we call 'work-shy' are actually 'job-shy'. They don't mind working at all, but they loath working under highly pressurized conditions.
I like work, but I don’t like to be under the control of other people.
This is pure gold. Its hard to see that these ideas are so alien in today society.
creative work under your own control. -there it is right there.
Notice how CHOMSKY frequently cites the sources of his ideas. Of course, this is standard accepted method of discourse, but many fail to do so.
Thank you for sharing these wonderful videos
The highest ideal should be a society that doesn't mind people who don't want to work. Nevermind the fact that work is any undertaken action for a particular end. The question is one of control, always.
The only difference between work and play is your attitude toward what your doing. $$ turns play into work if your not careful.
As an artist the most prolific, creative and disciplined I have ever been is when I’ve been without a day job
I love this , because it's true. People will choose to work, when it is meaningful work on their own terms. People don't want to work under conditions of exploitative, hostile and oppressive wage slavery. There's a major difference.
I feel so lucky that my thinking has driven my work and then I ended up being paid for it. Probably the guy working in the IPhone factory does not have much time to ponder these things.
Not too many people like their jobs!
Imagine interviewing Chomsky with that haircut.
The best businessman serves the common good as Lao Tzu wrote
Thanks for upload. What's the original source?
can anyone tell me the source interview the first clip is taken from? Thanks!
Work is toil & vexation of spirit. Carpenters injure themselves all the time.
I only want to vegetate after 5 days of working in a capitalist system.
Yeah but there's a lot of work that needs to be done that sucks... Especially in the lower wages domain. We can't have 1000 painters and 1 brick layer. (But hopefully that will change over time with technological innovations and automation)