calvinism the focus isn't just on work but on success and anti-work heroes force us to consider the question who defines what constitutes success thus the anti-work movement is not only a social and economic shift it's also a spiritual one our great war is a spiritual war our great depression is our lives when eliot on search party declares that he doesn't want to write his book because he hates working at first i thought it was writer's block but then later i realized it's actually just the discomfort of hard work at first this seems like a typical millennial joke about how boomer cs is lazy but eliot's revelation that he doesn't like working strikes a deep record with people today who are increasingly rejecting the explanation that constant work is just kind of what you gotta do in life no not for me lesson four help others act on lessons one through three finally it's important to keep in mind that many of the anti-work actions that can be taken are only available to those with a certain amount of privilege it takes having money to not care about money most people do not have the privilege to opt out of terrible jobs and many have to fight for jobs most wouldn't want and as eva duvernay illustrates in NUMBER_TOKENth there are racial aspects of employment problems like the way that prison inmates mostly people of color are forced to participate in basically uncompensated labor often for the profit of private companies we now have more african-americans under criminal supervision than all the slaves back in the NUMBER_TOKENs partnerships between correctional industries and private business are a rapidly growing segment of a multi-billion dollar industry in america so it's not enough to just rebel on an individual level big societal changes need to happen in order to stop the onslaught of terrible humiliating and unlivable employment well you don't talk weight enough i'm not talking about sounding old nasal it's like sounding like you don't have a care crazy like i don't really need this money and while the obstacles might seem insurmountable it does feel as though meaningful changes around the corner with the great resignation millions are quitting in search of more livable pay better work life balance or just work with more meaning the resulting labor shortage has the potential to give workers more power to dictate terms pushes for the four day work week and remote work prove that americans are moving away from workaholic assumptions about success and are valuing their personal time and quality of life more and more so hopefully sometime in the near future we will be able to say more often and more sincerely that we do what we love this isn't so bad huh making bucks getting exercise working outside this video was written by friend of the take anya formosava if you liked the ideas here you can check out her channel qNUMBER_TOKEN for more interesting cultural insights thanks again to brilliant for sponsoring this video overwork can make me feel sluggish and foggy like my mind isn't the sharpest it could be that's just one reason i turned it brilliant it's an amazing website and app with interactive courses designed to help you boost your brain power brilliant believes that doing is the best way to learn and i can tell you it works because recently i signed up to do the mathematical fundamentals course in the past math wasn't my favorite subject but this course
START_SPONSOR_TOKEN again to brilliant for sponsoring this video overwork can make me feel sluggish and foggy like my mind isn't the sharpest it could be that's just one reason i turned it brilliant it's an amazing website and app with interactive courses designed to help you boost your brain power brilliant believes that doing is the best way to learn and i can tell you it works because recently i signed up to do the mathematical fundamentals course in the past math wasn't my favorite subject but this course END_SPONSOR_TOKEN