It seems to me, that when others require your compliance, be it for what they consider the greater good or indeed their own good, they are prepared to forgo their humanity. The rules, bureaucracy take precedence.
Welcome to The Daily Article archive. Here’s where you’ll find previous issues of The Daily Article where I share my thoughts on life, work and the pursuit of happiness. Topics I regularly write on include the psychology of creativity and human behaviour, the nature of work, small business and society & culture. If you enjoy Sunday Letters you’ll enjoy these short daily writings.
To Be A Mule
Once we accept the concept of work is something meaningful, not just the source of a buck, you don’t have to worry about finding enough jobs. There’s no excuse for mules any more. Society doesn’t need them.
The Pursuit of The Eternally Elusive
What is it you want to say? How do you want to say it? Why bother? I don’t know. It’s a compulsion, a curiosity. I want to know what’s under the surface. It’s a means of expression, an exploration of self, although I understand I can never find whatever it is I am looking for.
Hyper-Positivity And The Flourishing of Naivety
From this observers perspective, this gushing all over each other is unsubstantial insofar as it is unsustainable. It is a flourishing of naivety. It is an over-the-top response typical of a global population incapable of holding the middle ground in the event of dramatic change.
There Are No Shortcuts
Now, with all this discussion on my part recently about the nature and value of work, and our relationship with it, it may have brought about a particular question. How can I find work that makes me happy?
A Monday to Friday Sort of Dying
How many of these people had a 5:30 or earlier rise just to get their kids to creche or some other form of child-minding? How many of these parents wouldn’t collect their kids until 6:00pm or 7:00pm and endure the slog every single day?
The Arrogance of Fools
I know many of my readers are based in the US, and I certainly do not wish to offend any of you. But from my position of political neutrality, and taking into account what I have learned about the psychology of human behaviour, it appears to me that your emperor is naked and not many can see it.