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Why Is Work so Boring?

Why Is Work so Boring?

Many of us find our work rather boring and when we do, we tend to blame ourselves. But there are very large-scale reasons, rooted in history and economics, why certain sorts of modern work are both more lucrative and rather more boring than they might have been in the past.

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By The School of Life

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