We are still hammering on Tom Sawyer as the cognitive laborer, but also discuss how insidious cognitive labor can be. We talk more about the mind/body or mental/physical distinction by bringing up Hannah Arendt's "Active Life" and "Contemplative Life," and pointing out the ways categories are used to create hierarchy and simplify information into rational frameworks that allow for ease of understanding and distinction in our lives.

https://thewilltodiy.com/step-8-vita-activa/

0:57 Dream time as work time: working for the "man" while you sleep

2:14 Hobby time is the only time you are authentic

4:18 Vita Activa: how community is made, how individuals are distinguished.

5:53 The danger of ideological toxins: new categories as "positive pressure."

8:33 An Example of how you become indoctrinated, and move through the 3 categories of the Active Life

PMP452: Reaching Every Student with Dr. Tracie Anderson Swilley