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WORK: Henry David Thoreau on Making a Meaningful Living

The Next Big Idea

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Thoreau's Ignorance Compass

In Walden, Thoreau says he has no time to be anything but a machine. How can he remember well his ignorance, which his growth requires? We should move toward those occupations and callings or vocations that help us grow. And we only grow when we acknowledge that we don't know everything already.

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