The Electric Typewriter

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5th Mar

Why Your Fabulous Job Sucks

by Clive Thompson (via @ifyouonly)

The studied hipness of new media is a fascinating and rather devious cultural illusion. Those ultra-cool offices cover up a seldom-discussed truth: That the jobs themselves are often deeply exploitative, demanding intense work and devotion for relatively low pay and zero security.

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