Our Indomitable Spirit: Finding Purpose in Pointless Work

But you should insist on meaningful work anyways. A philosophical meditation involving the ideas of Hegel, Dostoyevsky, Graeber, and Camus.

The pivotal moment in G.W. Friedrich Hegel's Master/Slave dialectic occurs when a slave, engaged in the work of making things for the master's consumption, sees himself¹ in those things and there finds meaning. These objects serve as a mirror in which he can see that his life has value. While the masters descend further into consumption and dependence on…