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WORK: Henry David Thoreau on Making a Meaningful Living

The Next Big Idea

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The Concept of Compensation: More Than Just Payment for Work

According to Thoreau, compensation is not just payment for the work we do, but also for what we miss out on because we are working. It's like a bribe to keep us working. Thoreau values time and believes it is precious, so he urges us to improve the way we spend it. Our employers pay us to choose work over other activities, and this sometimes goes unnoticed. We need to consider the existential cost of our work and approach it with a different mindset.

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