Rethinking Humanity

How do we place less priority on work? Do we need to? We also comment on: Elon Musk buying Twitter, a video series exploring big agriculture and its impact on us and our environment, and Sara Jaffe's book Work Won't Love You Back.

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How is work affecting the home? Our relationships? The environment? Our fear of freedom & work as social control. Lil Nas X. Links:
Lil Nas X:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTHLKHL_whs 


NY Times Video- Work- I Think It Numbs you Somehow https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/02/opinion/work-jobs-for-all.html


The Guardian Article Post Work by Andy Beckett https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/jan/19/post-work-the-radical-idea-of-a-world-without-jobs




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What is post-work? Are we all secretly anti-work? How did the pandemic play a role? Our series on work continues.

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Can work fulfill us? Intersections & Climate Change. Moral Injury & Virtue Signaling. Mentioned: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/19/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-sarah-jaffe.html?referringSource=articleshare https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/20/climate/roundabouts-climate-emissions-driving.html

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No we're not in existential crisis, but we are taking a deeper look at the question, "Is Life Worth Living?" as we prepare for the new year.

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What is Alienation? Why does it matter? How does the dominance of corporations in America affect our everyday lives? Article Mentioned: The Future of Work Should Mean Working Less https://nyti.ms/39vPD18

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How does exploitation play a role in the structure of our society? Do we have real choices around how we survive? And why many women in the US are looking to have babies abroad.

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What were the values of 19th Century capitalism? What does that have to do with mental health and our collective sanity? Why does socioeconomic structure matter? Also, Dirty Work, Partible Paternity, and an Erich Fromm Political Party. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/17/books/review/dirty-work-eyal-press.html?referringSource=articleshare https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2007/feb/20/wantedanerichfrommparty

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How does capitalism affect the way we live? How is it different now than in the 17th & 18th centuries? And what does it have to do with our mental health?

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What does it mean to be a mature individual? What does that have to do with mental health? And, we discuss the latest news around Andrew Cuomo and COVID-19. **Our 60th episode! **

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