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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

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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