Antiwork
A community for those who want to end work, are curious about ending work, want to get the most out of a work-free life, want more information on anti-work ideas and want personal help with their own jobs/work-related struggles.
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This server is no longer working, and we had to move.
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Date Created: June 21, 2023
Library copied from reddit:
The Anti-Work Library 📚
Essential Reads
Start here! These are probably the most talked-about essays on the topic.
- The Abolition of Work by Bob Black (1985) | listen
- On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber (2013) | listen
- In Praise of Idleness by Bertrand Russell (1932) | listen
c/Antiwork Rules
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2. No spam or reposts + limit off topic comments
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Off topic comments that do not pertain to the post at hand may be removed if it is deemed they contribute nothing and/or foster hostility at users. This mostly applies to political and religious debate, but can be applied to other things at the mod’s discretion.
3. Post must have Antiwork/ Work Reform explicitly involved
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I never once claim I never learned how the US government worked, or algebra, or how to properly cite a paper. I do claim I was never taught how a mortgage works, how to file taxes, or modern political history.
I don't know what you're seeing, but I never see people complaining about not learning things that were actually taught. They complaina bout not being taught things they ended up needing. This sounds like whining about "kids these days".
It's crazy how US history basically stops getting taught right after WW2. At least that's my experience.
It's not actually crazy at all. Teaching modern politics is a recipe for politicians turning the school system into a propaganda machine, which is hard enough to prevent as is.
Many many districts do teach you how a mortgage works and how taxes work.
If you learned algebra you learned how to do your taxes and how a mortgage works 2a. Literally pages of problems in these classes cover these topics specifically. 2b. Taxes is almost all just filling out a worksheet - something which schools demonstrate literally every day.
Explicitly learning these things school is not generally a good use of time because:
I see, thanks for explaining that, I do agree that out education system does need an overhaul. I remember learning about interest both compound and simple and the type of bank accounts but that was only 1 day. Stuff like this shouldn't be taught in just math class though. There should be a life skills class and not just a lesson. Home ec doesn't cut it.
I was taught about interest for loans and taxes, but only because I took a completely optional higher level economics class. Probably 95% of the students in my school never took anything like that.
First of all love the name. If I recall my school taught us about the multiple type of banks, part of the reason I've only ever had credit union accounts, and a algebra class covering interest. I have to remember that I had to do work outside of class to figure stuff out. I've also been removed from basic education for 15 years.