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I have a hobby: when I meet Americans I'm starting to tell them how lazy we Europeans tackle working. I mean the work / life balance for us means nothing since
by csbartus 7y ago
I have a hobby: when I meet Americans I'm starting to tell them how lazy we Europeans tackle working. I mean the work / life balance for us means nothing since we do life first then work.
And I'm telling them another thing: for me it seems in America everybody is working. The president, the millionaire, the middle and lower classes. Nobody does the `healthy meaninglessness`.
Of course all these are friendly provocations. What surprises me is the cognitive dissonance they cause.
- omeid2 7y agoOn the topic of "healthy meaninglessness" and somewhat related to the discussions around Universal Basic Income, I think Bertrand Russell's "In Praise of Idleness" is a mandatory read. http://www.zpub.com/notes/idle.html http://www.zpub.com/notes/idle.html
- gerbilly 7y agoYeah man, enterprises optimize to make as much money as possible with as little expenses as possible. Why on earth is it that people aren't allowed to make the same optimization (greatest income with least effort) without being called lazy?