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Work Futures Daily - In Praise of Idleness

Bertrand Russell's 1932 paean to laziness is still timely.

Stowe Boyd
Jun 5, 2018
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Beacon NY - 2018-06-05 -- Peter Jones drew my attention to Bertrand Russell's 1932 essay in Harpers, In Praise of Idleness, which I had read but I couldn't remember when. A few one-liners:

I think that there is far too much work done in the world, that immense harm is caused by the belief that work is virtuous, and that what needs to be preached in mode…

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