The Last Human Job: Part 1
There’s a growing sense of disconnection in our lives, and a growing number of reasons why. But instead of focusing on what’s forcing us apart, we want to look at the work we can do to bring people together – and why it matters. In Part 1 of a two part series, Allison Pugh, a research professor of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University and author of The Last Human Job: The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected World, joins us to talk about the art and science of the most important cognitive exercise you’ve likely never heard of: Connective Labor.
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“When you suffer in silence, you don’t move the needle towards a solution.” – Matt Ramsey
“We need to talk about what is ailing our healthcare system and marshall the troops. This isn’t going to change by a bunch of physicians complaining to their employer. Promise you.” – Matt Ramsey
“We’re in the we’re in the middle of a freaking Armageddon and we’re supposed to be polite. I mean, goodness gracious, what is that?” – Matt Ramsey
“I think the fact that we can no longer have gallows humor, that we can no longer have vulgarity, that we can’t raise our voices sometimes it’s all lunacy.” – Wendy Dean
Notes & Resources
43cc wants to be factual and informational and be hopeful in a way that provides a mechanism to get through this mess and try to be better together.
Moral injury plays a major role in this circumstance as well.
