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-- Anonymous, November 12, 1998

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The article that I read was " To work is Human, To Slack Divine" by Hal Niedzviecki. The author is a Canadian who for the past several years has paid his way through the world by working several stupid jobs. He works these jobs not because he is stupid but out of choice. These types of jobs allow him to daydream, read, write and doodle away the day while getting paid. Why according to him on some of these jobs you can even escape for part of the time to enjoy a "joint" before returning back to work. (I wonder if that is one of the reasons he has moved around from one stupid job to another.) However he does bring up several good points. When governments and corporations band together to create jobs they more than likely will not be interesting, challenging or upwardly mobile. They will probably be stupid jobs. As the author says "Bring me your college mavens, your literature lovers and we will find them rote employment for which servility and docility are the best training".

-- Anonymous, November 30, 1998

I am writing to respond to your summary from the UTNE Reader. I liked the number of times you wrote stupid. It caught my attention so much that I had to go back into the UTNE to review that article. I agree that this man had a choice and decided to relax his way through his workday. Marijuana is known to act as a stimulant to some people but I think your right by assuming that this gentleman used it for the reverse therapy. It's too bad that so many of our youth go through the school day with this same frame of mind. It is even more scary to know that this choice is unaltered by chemicals except for those special students that are medicated.

-- Anonymous, December 15, 1998

Chet - Interesting thought on why this person would be moving from job to job. I wonder if he ever looked at it in that way! I think probable not. The author sounds like he does have some good thoughts on his topic, but maybe he need to be more a doer than a thinker.

-- Anonymous, January 15, 1999