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Keep in mind, however, that every labor, whether intellectual or physical, exacts a toll on our bodies. Read jwz's stories of being nearly incapacitated by inj
by bmj 16y ago
Keep in mind, however, that every labor, whether intellectual or physical, exacts a toll on our bodies. Read jwz's stories of being nearly incapacitated by injuries brought on by long days at the keyboard with poor posture.
I do agree, however, that many of us are lucky to have avoided the factory life. Read _Out of This Furnace_ sometime to appreciate the hell many immigrants lived through.
- eru 16y agoOn the other hand, idleness can be more exacting than labour. The health of unemployed people is worse than that of workers.
- docgnome 16y agoOut of curiosity, do you have a citation for that? I'd be interested in reading about it.
- eru 16y agoI heard the claim once in an interview with a German social-democrat who had to justify why making the labour market more flexible (i.e. removing some unemployment benefits in that case (see Hartz IV)) was in common people's interest after all. The guy cited a statistic that found long-term unemployed people comparable in misery to cancer patients. Long-term unemployment was (and still is) a big problem in Germany. However, a quick search on the internet for "health unemployed" (without the quotes), turns up articles like http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/feb16/creed/creed.html http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/feb16/creed/creed.html I also heard of other studies that found that top managers, despite having lots of stress on the job, are still more content and less prone to stress-related ills, than people who get their stress from being low on the social pecking order. (Perhaps somebody can find that study?)