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The Sociology of... Unemployment (opens the original)
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The Gist of It: The majority of people want to work. What happens to them — and society — when they’re squeezed out of the marketplace? This is the second of a three-part series on the Sociology of… Work, Unemployment, and Hobbies. <div class="ima
The Sociology of... Work (opens the original)
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The Gist of It: I don’t know if you’ve heard, but soon human work will be irrelevant (if we survive at all) because the robots will do it better, thereby freeing us to… do what exactly? This is the first in a three-part series on the Sociology of… Work, Unemployment, and Hobbies. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!KKMw!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd507f4c2-9a
Sociology in the Wild: Air Guitar Championships (opens the original)
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Do you have a “bucket list”? I’m not really into them, but I did have one item on mine, and I’m happy to report it has now been — well, not so much checked off as opened. Like a portal into a world you can never leave. Of course, I’m speaking of attending the Air Guitar World Championships in Finnish Lapland. It may surprise you to learn that the official stated purpose of air guitar is “world peace.” A lofty goal, you say? Well, not by their logic: If everyone stopped what they are doing and pl
The Sociology of... LifeMaxxing (opens the original)
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A man in his mid-40s recently confessed something to me: He thinks about aging. A lot.I get it. Aging can be stressful. This man, whom I’ll call Dorian, is not an Olympian, or someone doing scientific research that might transform the world, or someone whose occupation demands an unrealistically high level of beauty. No, he’s a middle-aged dad with a desk job living a rather small and quiet life, so when he said that he’s preoccupied with aging and that it makes him depressed and anxious, I expe
Soccer Obsessions, Dating Trends, Disclosure Day Decoded (opens the original)
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Welcome to the latest edition of My Current Cultural Diet, a kind of random, non-exhaustive overview of things I’m consuming and contemplating. Catch up on the rest of the series here. Soccer Is Just Sociology On GrassIf you are into the World Cup, then you might be following Norway’s unlikely ascent. Reporting from the ground, I can tell you the hype is real, and if they beat England on Saturday, the entire country might suffer a collective Arctic meltdown. If they miraculously make it to the f
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