There is more hope than ever. But hope is something different. Hope is the process whereby entire generations learn to undervalue their work squirm out of the trap of meaningless employment, work less, consume less, and actually figure out how to enjoy life. I hope I'm right about this, because the reality of the underemployed, overeducated young people of Canada is that the stupid job is their future. And these stupid jobs won't be reserved for the uneducated and poor.
Many young people think their stupid jobs are temporary.
Most of them are right in a way. Many will move on from being, as I have been, an usher, a security guard, a delivery boy, a data coordinator, a publishing intern. They will get marginally better jobs, but what they have learned from their stupid jobs will stay with them forever. If I'm right, they will learn that you must approach stupid jobs and by extension, all jobs with willing stupidity. Set your mind free.