Reclaiming life from our livelihoods
While surviving (financially) in this allegedly competitive world is important, my question to all those toiling away their time to earn money is what is the actual contribution you are making to the journey of humanity?
Are we playing a small role in researching how to create better face recognition in the selfie camera? Or is figuring out how to sell a particular detergent in rural market? Or is guessing what the exchange rate would be tomorrow and therefore where to invest money for best returns?
While they have a place in the whole structure, the question to ask is does it really bring a tiny movement upwards in the well-being of people or the planet?
A simple way in, is to become aware of one’s own experience of doing the job. Is it fullfilling, enabling you to bring creative potential? Is it bringing you joy? Is it bringing you more self-knowledge? Do you look forward to the Mondays?
When did our livelihoods got reduced to jobs that are done by human-doings who are replaceable and dispensable.
When did our livelihoods started treating human beings just as human resources?
When did our livelihoods required us to become one part of a large structure (which is specialised for sure) but lacks holistic understanding?
When did our livelihoods make us part of a large machine rather than using machines as a tool?
These aren’t livelihoods, these are deathlihoods.
We are in the process of doing miraculous work in damning our livelihoods of farming, craft, building, handloom, etc, these definitely were done outside of the modern economic set-up therefore sometimes considered un-economic activities. Or were in the realm of community rather than the market. Even literature, art - that more and more is produced for commercial purposes.
Can we try to reclaim life in our livelihoods?
This is just a provocation, I would love to have more conversation.
Are we playing a small role in researching how to create better face recognition in the selfie camera? Or is figuring out how to sell a particular detergent in rural market? Or is guessing what the exchange rate would be tomorrow and therefore where to invest money for best returns?
While they have a place in the whole structure, the question to ask is does it really bring a tiny movement upwards in the well-being of people or the planet?
A simple way in, is to become aware of one’s own experience of doing the job. Is it fullfilling, enabling you to bring creative potential? Is it bringing you joy? Is it bringing you more self-knowledge? Do you look forward to the Mondays?
When did our livelihoods got reduced to jobs that are done by human-doings who are replaceable and dispensable.
When did our livelihoods started treating human beings just as human resources?
When did our livelihoods required us to become one part of a large structure (which is specialised for sure) but lacks holistic understanding?
When did our livelihoods make us part of a large machine rather than using machines as a tool?
These aren’t livelihoods, these are deathlihoods.
We are in the process of doing miraculous work in damning our livelihoods of farming, craft, building, handloom, etc, these definitely were done outside of the modern economic set-up therefore sometimes considered un-economic activities. Or were in the realm of community rather than the market. Even literature, art - that more and more is produced for commercial purposes.
Can we try to reclaim life in our livelihoods?
This is just a provocation, I would love to have more conversation.
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