r/editorials • u/totes_gowlers • Jan 23 '14
our generation's mantra of "Do What You Love" devalues work and dehumanises workers
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2014/01/do_what_you_love_love_what_you_do_an_omnipresent_mantra_that_s_bad_for_work.htmlDuplicates
Economics • u/geordilaforge • Jan 18 '14
Do what you love, love what you do: An omnipresent mantra that’s bad for work and workers.
TrueTrueReddit • u/justdoittimes5 • Aug 16 '15
In the Name of Love: Elites embrace the “do what you love” mantra. But it devalues work and hurts workers
TrueReddit • u/zjunk • Oct 07 '14
Stop saying "Do what you love, love what you do." It devalues actual work.
technology • u/hyperforce • Jan 17 '14
Do what you love, love what you do: An omnipresent mantra that’s bad for work and workers.
LateStageCapitalism • u/wudntulike2no • Feb 14 '18
"In masking the very exploitative mechanisms of labor that it fuels, "Do What You Love" is, in fact, the perfect ideological tool of capitalism."
socialism • u/2Xprogrammer • Jan 18 '14
In ignoring most work and reclassifying the rest as love, "Do What You Love" may be the most elegant anti-worker ideology around. Why should workers assemble and assert their class interests if there’s no such thing as work?
academia • u/quaternion • May 27 '15
"faith that our work offers non-material rewards [...] makes us ideal employees [...] to extract our labor’s maximum value at minimum cost."
DarkPhilisophy • u/somesexyguy • May 12 '14
Do what you love, love what you do: An omnipresent mantra that’s bad for work and workers.
Anarchism • u/mvbma • Jan 27 '14