The math says that if GenX worked until they were 80, they will NEVER recover (their money.)
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The study of digital distraction and burnout
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When I was a child, dreaming about being a veterinarian, I believed that my career would be determined by my passions. I thought that whatever made me the happiest would be the way I spent my days. Delete the scoop?
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“Recovery” has become the shibboleth constantly invoked by people running things after the crisis of 2008. Unfortunately, no such recovery was underway. Delete the scoop?
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"What if news organizations confronted the reality that nearly all media will be 'social media' a decade hence? Delete the scoop?
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The American spirit is rooted in the belief of a better tomorrow. Its success has been due to generations of men and women who toiled, through both hardship and boom times, to make that dream a reality. Delete the scoop?
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Everything gigantic in American life is about to get smaller or die. Everything that we do to support economic activities at gigantic scale is going to hamper our journey into the new reality. The campaign to sustain the unsustainable, which is the official policy of US leadership, will only produce deeper whirls of entropy. I hope young people recognize this and can marshal their enthusiasm to get to work. It's already happening in the local farming scene; now it needs to happen in a commercial economy that will support local agriculture. Delete the scoop?
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What's obvious to me is what I have been fearing about this country for some time now: that all the disorders of our time would prompt a campaign to defend the status quo at all costs and to sustain the unsustainable. Delete the scoop?
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I’ve been thinking about jobs lately. For a while I even thought I should try to get one, freelance writing work having dwindled so dramatically. Admittedly, opportunities to work as a newsletter editor abound. Delete the scoop?
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A place to learn homesteading and build a sane, earth-based lifestyle. Delete the scoop?
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We all know what stress feels like: it often causes our view to narrow to the present stressor, and we lose perspective and the ability to "make sense" of anything beyond managing the immediate situation. Delete the scoop?
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The parallels between TV stations today and newspapers in 2005 should be heeded by local TV executives. The trends are equally troubling and there is much they can learn from newspapers’ experience and response. Delete the scoop?
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Autonomy and a clear purpose are key ingredients for worker effectiveness. Delete the scoop?
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In today's economy, bitching and whining about how crappy your job is, seems well, like you're a petulant child. There's always been a big part of me that says suck it up, or go get a new one and s... Delete the scoop?
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People who often say they're "too busy" or "crazy busy" sound like buzzing busy signals. And when you start sounding like an appliance, it makes it hard to connect with you. Delete the scoop?
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B.J. Mendelson shows everyone living, breathing proof of the Asshole Based Economy's existence in the form of Likable Media CEO, Dave Kerpen. Delete the scoop?
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The preponderance of statistical evidence suggests that (1) sometimes people just like to work from home for a change, and (2) they're really good at it Delete the scoop?
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The Director of Beasts of the Southern Wild talks about the importance of artistic freedom, living cheaply, and empowering other artists.
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"If you have to do something you don't want to do all day long, you won't have the emotional energy to create stuff." Delete the scoop?
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The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it. - Henry David Thoreau Society is like a stew. If you don’t stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to &he... Delete the scoop?
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On lots of platforms? You're probably creating mediocre content. Delete the scoop?
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