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Alain de Botton on the Pleasures and Sorrows of Work

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The Value of Blue Collar Work and the Knowledge Economy

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This chapter explores the concept of the knowledge economy and how it has transformed work. It discusses the divide between knowledge economy jobs and non-knowledge economy jobs, and challenges the perception of blue-collar jobs as dull and unfulfilling.

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