期刊全称 | A Brief History of Creative Work and Plutonomy | 期刊简称 | Rethinking the Moder | 影响因子2023 | Mathew Varghese | 视频video | | 发行地址 | Offers insights into the synergy between work and life, not just the socio economic impact of reducing human work.Introduces a new phraseology explaining today’s world systems using philosophical idea | 图书封面 |  | 影响因子 | This book discusses the influence of creative work on human life, and the role it has played in shaping human civilization since antiquity. To do so, it analyzes the history of thought on creative work from three civilizations: Greek, Indian, and Chinese, as well as contemporary neurological studies on consciousness. According to the classical Greeks, humans are instinctively predisposed to use creative work to gain truth, wisdom and happiness; the Indians consider that Dharma (duty, morality, etc.) can be achieved only through work (karma); and for the Chinese, creative work is needed to attain the supreme wisdom (Dao). Modern studies on consciousness show that our brain creates a personal self-model (ego tunnel) when we learn things creatively, and developing such skills provides lifelong protection for the brain. .In the 21st century, human involvement in creative work is declining as we use mechanized systems to gain more and more profit, but thewealth falls into the hands of the few superrich: the Plutonomy. As creative work is taken over by AI systems, human work is reduced to operating those machines, and this in turn leads to an exponential growth in the number of part-tim | Pindex | Book 2021 |
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