‘A Living’ and the Affirmation Work
Michael D. Stein’s A Living: Working-Class Americans Talk to Their Doctor affirms the dignity of work while refusing to reduce workers to transactions.
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AI, Humanics, Paradox: Towards Being Human in the Tech Workplace
If the future of work is interaction with intelligent machine counterparts, workers’ cognitive and emotional experiences will undergo a seismic shift.
Silent Film Speaks Up: This Newly Restored Chaplin Comedies Elicit New Laughs
Flicker Alley’s recent release of 15 newly restored comedies from Chaplin’s time at Essanay Studios is another priceless intervention in the decay of Hollywood history.
The Future of Work Looks Like an Agency-Free Hole That Goes Nowhere
A recent Planet Money episode about worker analytics provokes two things: a memory of a troubling past, and troubling vision of the future of work.