Career as a Frequent-flyer Program
by Ben Atlas on 06.1.2011.11:40am · 0 comments
Did people have a “career” before the industrial revolution outside of the army or the state bureaucracies? A career is a progression where you do less and get paid more. Sort of like a frequent-flyer upgrade. You can have a seat in a better class and travel for free while the economy sucker pays the full price, plus the surcharge. During the industrial revolution the corporations modeled themselves after a state. They naturally assumed the rituals and the bureaucracy. You put in the years of fearful toil and pointless political intrigue in exchange for the future perks and titles. In a world without nation states or corporations there are no careers. Increasingly this is the world we live in.
There were always politics but the critical mass when a career became a “profession”, this must have started with the corporations. Broadly a hierarchical structure, like mafia ,etc. presumes this ascension through the “ladder”. Always means the same thing though, you get paid more for doing less.
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Career as a Frequent-flyer Program
by Ben Atlas on 06.1.2011.11:40am · 0 comments
Did people have a “career” before the industrial revolution outside of the army or the state bureaucracies? A career is a progression where you do less and get paid more. Sort of like a frequent-flyer upgrade. You can have a seat in a better class and travel for free while the economy sucker pays the full price, plus the surcharge. During the industrial revolution the corporations modeled themselves after a state. They naturally assumed the rituals and the bureaucracy. You put in the years of fearful toil and pointless political intrigue in exchange for the future perks and titles. In a world without nation states or corporations there are no careers. Increasingly this is the world we live in.
There were always politics but the critical mass when a career became a “profession”, this must have started with the corporations. Broadly a hierarchical structure, like mafia ,etc. presumes this ascension through the “ladder”. Always means the same thing though, you get paid more for doing less.
Further reading:Tagged as: business, economy, jobs, recession, unemployment