This moralizing note strikes a familiar chord which resonates with my science education. In fact, I wonder if this familiar chord is not the tonic chord from which these discussions of science and science studies must always begin and end. If you do not work, you must submit to those who do work, for they gain knowledge and power from their work. Mathematics is work.
Science is work.
Living as a subject in a world of objects is work. To me, work is only half of the picture. As someone who makes his living off of engineering and who has always done so, I can appreciate the value of work and doing the math. And I've always been a bit envious of those colleagues of mine who seemed to get away without having to do any work. I mean, if I had my druthers, I'd sit around and finish reading Blanchot, Nancy, and Nietzsche with them and work a bit less than I do.