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Topia!: Society: Work: Rethinking Work (20)
See Also:  CLAWS: Creating Livable Alternatives to Wage Slavery - Nonprofit educational, support and political advocacy group, as well as a resource clearinghouse, started by "Generation-X" people who share an interest in working together to generate viable alternatives to wage slavery.
PBS Work and Labor Series: 'Livelihood' - Companion site to the PBS series on work. Come share your thoughts, frustrations, and solutions to "The Workday that Wouldn't Die." Plus, learn about alternative work schedules and compelling discussions on the workday. An alein's view of life on earth - Advertising, globalization, immigration, and corporations induce us to work too much to the detriment of family life, and combined with genetic engineering this urge to produce more could result in humans becoming almost robotic workers. NESARA-National Economic Stabilization and Recovery Act - Site promoting legislation providing monetary and fiscal policy reform. Advocates claim that it will double the standard of living for every American within one generation and restore economic and social prosperity across the land. @Work on the web - The range of alternative work concepts is altogether insufficient. This independent, international co-operative program seeks to identify non-traditional insights, packages, architectures and implementation strategies. Downsized People: Job Subsidies vs Income Supports - Analyzes the Disguised Unemployment Problem. Argues that downsizing and job subsidy proposals are wasteful, and squander an opportunity for root reform. Presents the case for income supports, and the partial separation of incomes from current employment. Technology Making It Worse - How the second industrial revolution (miniaturisation and artificial intelligence) is relentlessly stagnating, frightening and impoverishing our community. Third Age Careers and Avocations - Rethinking work for a new life stage? New forms of work such as mentoring can be very rewarding. Includes ideas and links. Are You Happy with your Job? - Considering that most of us spend half of our waking hours working at a job, it might really serve to pay attention to ones level of job satisfaction. The Turtle Syndrome - The Mobility of Everyday Life - Mobility - both physical and social is enhanced by new transportation and communications technologies and by the new media. The emergence of alternative patterns of work are the result. Flexibility - Online journal about new ways of working. Wastrel Division - Rethinking the balance between our work and personal life. Links, books, and computing. Soul of Work - A self help book on how to achieve motivation in the workplace. Since most waking hours are spent at work, a positive attitude improves the quality of life. The Work Foundation - Research, practical consultancy and constructive advocacy to make workplaces more effective, more successful and more fulfilling. Work, Retire & Die? There Must Be More To Life Than This! - A website based on the book Ishmael by Michael Quinn which questions why we work hard to retire when we are old. In-depth reading to find the solution to the problem. Virtual management - long distance teams - How to make teams work better over long distances using new technology to increase efficiency and reduce travel costs. Features, videos and slides by Fuurist Dr Patrick Dixon. New Ways to Work - A charity offering information and consultancy to individuals, trade unions and companies. News, resources, events, contact details, membership details, links. Less - how to get less what you dislike - Online archives of Less, a free email newsletter designed to improve the quality of your life and the balance between work and the rest of your life. Fisher Vista - A marketing and PR firm focusing exclusively on the human resources industry with particular emphasis on work/life, EAP and related services.
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