Posted by frappyjohn (Msg) on 2010-01-17 04:12:16:

The political significance of slackerdom

Finally a rationale for my life of underachievement

I'm currently reading Doing Nothing: A history of loafers, loungers, slackers, and bums in America, by Tom Lutz. It's actually a very interesting book on the nature of work and its relevance, or irrelevance, to living a good life. A lot about how the industrial revolution changed the nature of work, the resulting alienation, and the many political, literary, and philosophical schools since which have rebelled against our work-oriented culture (not just Mr. Marx!).