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Are You Free? How Work Relentlessly Eats Up Our Time

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Rethinking Labor in an Automated Future

This chapter explores the implications of social reproduction in the age of automation, focusing on the undervalued roles of caregiving and household labor. The speakers discuss how advancements in technology have not reduced the workload in domestic settings and challenge the notion of waged labor as a form of domination. They call for a reevaluation of societal values toward work, particularly in light of stagnating productivity and evolving cleanliness standards.

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