Working — Why Some Jobs Give Dignity and Others Take It Away
What if the deepest problem with work is not how hard we labor, but whether we can still see ourselves in what we do?
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.
Using Working by Studs Terkel as our lens, this episode investigates work as more than an economic transaction. Through the voices of ordinary workers, Terkel reveals how employment can distribute dignity, recognition, autonomy, identity, and meaning—or gradually strip them away.
The investigation traces the systems beneath those experiences: specialization, bureaucracy, organizational hierarchy…
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