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Work in the 20th Century

In Our Time

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The Importance of Cooperativeness in Work

Work has changed, maybe not massively and maybe not radically, but it has changed. The centrality it had in people's lives is one of the big changes. People who are good at doing things quickly and focusing on a very specific task tend to succeed. They aroused enormous antipathy in other people who felt that the competence put them to shame.

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