Technological Transformation

A growing number of people think their job is useless. Time to rethink the meaning of work

A worker takes in a view of St Paul's cathedral as she works in the bar of the Jellyfish office space in London, Britain December 19, 2016. Picture taken December 19, 2016. REUTERS/Neil Hall

The value of your work should not be determined by your paycheck, argues Rutger Bergman. Image: REUTERS/Neil Hall

Rutger Bregman
Correspondent, De Correspondent, Netherlands
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A businessman sits near a cargo area at a port in Tokyo April 19, 2012. Japan's exports rose in March from a year earlier for the first time in six months, mainly on the strength of U.S. sales, but high fuel imports pushed the trade balance back into deficit and manufacturers remain cautious about business in months ahead. REUTERS/Toru Hanai (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS) - RTR30XD8
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Rutger Bregman is the author of 'Utopia For Realists', published by Bloomsbury in the U.K. and by Little, Brown in the U.S.
Rutger Bregman is the author of 'Utopia For Realists', published by Bloomsbury in the UK and by Little, Brown in the US
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