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A revolutionary new history of humankind through the prism of work by leading anthropologist James Suzman
Work defines who we are. It determines our status, and dictates how, where, and with whom we spend most of our time. It mediates our self-worth and molds our values. But are we hard-wired to work as hard as we do? Did our Stone Age ancestors also live to work and work to live? And what might a world where work plays a far less important role look like?
To answer these questions, James Suzman charts a grand history of "work" from the origins of life on Earth to our ever more automated present, challenging some of our deepest assumptions about who we are. Drawing insights from anthropology, archaeology, evolutionary biology, zoology, physics, and economics, he shows that while we have evolved to find joy, meaning and purpose in work, for most of human history our ancestors worked far less and thought very differently about work than we do now. He demonstrates how our contemporary culture of work has its roots in the agricultural revolution ten thousand years ago. Our sense of what it is to be human was transformed by the transition from foraging to food production, and, later, our migration to cities. Since then, our relationships with one another and with our environments, and even our sense of the passage of time, have not been the same.
Arguing that we are in the midst of a similarly transformative point in history, Suzman shows how automation might revolutionize our relationship with work and in doing so usher in a more sustainable and equitable future for our world and ourselves.
A revolutionary new history of humankind through the prism of work by leading anthropologist James Suzman
Work defines who we are. It determines our status, and dictates how, where, and with whom we spend most of our time. It mediates our self-worth and molds our values. But are we hard-wired to work as hard as we do? Did our Stone Age ancestors also live to work and work to live? And what might a world where work plays a far less important role look like?
To answer these questions, James Suzman charts a grand history of "work" from the origins of life on Earth to our ever more automated present, challenging some of our deepest assumptions about who we are. Drawing insights from anthropology, archaeology, evolutionary biology, zoology, physics, and economics, he shows that while we have evolved to find joy, meaning and purpose in work, for most of human history our ancestors worked far less and thought very differently about work than we do now. He demonstrates how our contemporary culture of work has its roots in the agricultural revolution ten thousand years ago. Our sense of what it is to be human was transformed by the transition from foraging to food production, and, later, our migration to cities. Since then, our relationships with one another and with our environments, and even our sense of the passage of time, have not been the same.
Arguing that we are in the midst of a similarly transformative point in history, Suzman shows how automation might revolutionize our relationship with work and in doing so usher in a more sustainable and equitable future for our world and ourselves.
GRAND NEW THESIS: The big idea at the heart of this book-that work is not hardwired into humanity-has revolutionary implications
MORE RELEVANT THAN EVER: Our relationship to work was fraught even before the pandemic. Some people have too much, others too little. Compensation is wildly disproportionate. The book promises a way out.
WORK IN THE TIME OF COVID: Suzman's arguments about work are perfectly suited to help us think through and reorganize our lives and offices as covid changes everything about our daily lives.
BIG NAME BLURBERS: Strong praise from numerous bestselling authors, including Yuval Noah Harari, Adam Grant, Susan Cain, Seth Godin, and Charles Duhigg
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2022 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Geschichte |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 464 |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9780525561774 |
| ISBN-10: | 0525561773 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Suzman, James |
| Hersteller: | Penguin Random House Sea |
| Maße: | 210 x 139 x 26 mm |
| Von/Mit: | James Suzman |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 18.01.2022 |
| Gewicht: | 0,412 kg |
GRAND NEW THESIS: The big idea at the heart of this book-that work is not hardwired into humanity-has revolutionary implications
MORE RELEVANT THAN EVER: Our relationship to work was fraught even before the pandemic. Some people have too much, others too little. Compensation is wildly disproportionate. The book promises a way out.
WORK IN THE TIME OF COVID: Suzman's arguments about work are perfectly suited to help us think through and reorganize our lives and offices as covid changes everything about our daily lives.
BIG NAME BLURBERS: Strong praise from numerous bestselling authors, including Yuval Noah Harari, Adam Grant, Susan Cain, Seth Godin, and Charles Duhigg
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2022 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Geschichte |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 464 |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9780525561774 |
| ISBN-10: | 0525561773 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Suzman, James |
| Hersteller: | Penguin Random House Sea |
| Maße: | 210 x 139 x 26 mm |
| Von/Mit: | James Suzman |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 18.01.2022 |
| Gewicht: | 0,412 kg |
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