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		jahaja on Nov 5, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: On the phenomenon of bullshit jobs To put it bluntly: "it's hard to teach an old dog new tricks". I think that this a damning criticism of contemporary society when it produces people unable to cope with freedom in it's literal meaning. However this is not really an individual thing, the problem is rather caused by the fact that "all the others" are unavailable for those with time on their hands - being busy working.

johnloeber on Nov 5, 2014 [–]

> I think that this a damning criticism of contemporary society when it produces people unable to cope with freedom in its literal meaning.

Nicely Put.

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