I got called out yesterday on this sub for complaining that there wasn't enough content that I was interested in, so i decided to put this post together. Im sure that we al have very different ideas of what 'antiwork' means, and this may cause some internal conflict between supporters of the movement. To me personally, antiwork is an end to the pointless 9-5 grind, where so much time spent in the office is spent doing nothing of any real value (busy work/ looking busy). I dont have any perfect solutions, but I wanted to suggest a couple of books that first got me interested in the idea of antiwork.
Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber: Discusses the huge number of jobs that exist for absolutely no purpose. Work for the sake of work – Busywork. It is endemic.
The Fiat Standard by Saifedean Ammous: Explains why we are where we are, and tears apart the current financial system (and society) we live in. Some of the takes may be a bit biased
The Price of Tomorrow by Jeff Booth: Talks about how technology is deflationary. Workers are being replaced by robots and technology (its happening in every industry, even medicine), but improvements in efficiency will also bring down the cost of production (this was written before current Ukraine crisis). So in the future there may well be no work for humans to do, but everything will be much cheaper, so… it wont matter, Or will it? Will the current powers that be allow for such a system to exist?
Id love to hear more about your personal antiwork philosophy, and about any books you recommend.