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Sarcastaball and the Fear of Pain
Would you watch or play a sport with no tension? No risk of injury? No way to attain excellence? Well, the South Park episode of Sarcastaball explores this idea. There, the children of South Park have to play a sport that cannot potentially harm them. No injury in Sarcastaball, no pain. Byung-Chul Han would see
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Bullshit Jobs & Alienation
Why don’t we like our jobs? Let me begin with a provocative claim: most people don’t really enjoy their jobs. Another claim, equally unsettling, is that many jobs are not only disliked but also pointless. At the same time, we live in a culture terrified of job loss—politicians like Barack Obama frequently warned of the
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What Makes an Expert
The trust in experts has diminished. But what makes an expert? Here, I will outline that an expert has a certain authority and why this authority is being doubted.
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