The American Hard Work Fallacy

Misconceptions and prejudice backed into the American glorification of “hard work”

Erik Engheim

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If I watch TV for twelve hours straight while lying in the couch, am I doing hard work? No, most would say I was a lazy bum. What if I played computer games for twelve hours straight? Would that make me a hard worker? I mean that is a lot of hours and I have to actually pay…

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Erik Engheim

Geek dad, living in Oslo, Norway with passion for UX, Julia programming, science, teaching, reading and writing.