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Introduction: What is this blog?

3/10/2013

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On what this blog is about.

You are reading an essay blog about the ongoing revolution of working, doing and being. Already for some time, academics as well as everyman have realized the institution of work is changing: No one seems to have an appropriate amount of it – some have so much they are hardly going to last until their 40's, while others have none and sit at home feeling useless. But it’s not just about the quantity: We are confused about how concepts like the GDP, productivity, prosperity, wellbeing and happiness really link together today. 

Things are fundamentally different, for good, and they are about to get even more different. But I don't think that is scary at all: I actually think it is exciting, radical and full of opportunities for a better life for all of us. I invite you all to wonder and analyze about what is going on around us, and bust some dusty old myths with me. This is not only to share some interesting curiosities or niggle about societal change. No, I am an incurable visionary obsessed with saving the world, and sincerely believe analysis and societal discussion like this is needed for us to steer the boat (i.e. the system of work, incentives and productivity in our society) – not watch it sink.

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Tuomas link
28/10/2013 06:23:21 am

"No one seems to have an appropriate amount of it – some have so much they are hardly going to last until their 40's, while others have none and sit at home feeling useless."

Precisely!

This is what I've been so frustrated about for so many years - now that I'm graduating with a master's degree, it's bugging me more than ever. Although, as you put it, it also gives hope: I've found a burning desire, and the issue has been finding people with the energy to discuss and analyse it. Looking forward to your thoughts!

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    Annu. Institutional entrepreneur, writer, ex-management consultant, poet, documentary film maker, musician, full-time daydreamer, and ally of the truth from Helsinki, Finland.

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