Who are you when the laptop is closed? Cultivating a "non-work" self is an insurance policy against professional sorrow. 4. The "Intelligence" of Objects
If you are feeling , look for the "Pleasure" (the human ingenuity behind your tools).If you are feeling unimportant , look for the "Sorrow" (realize that almost everyone in the modern economy feels like a small, replaceable part). The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work
De Botton spends time looking at things like cargo ships and transmission towers. He suggests that we should look at the infrastructure of our world with more wonder. Who are you when the laptop is closed
Work is a "successful distraction" from the bigger, scarier questions of life (mortality, loneliness, purpose). We use busyness to avoid facing ourselves. scarier questions of life (mortality