Is it time to Redefine work?

Is work the whole of life or a necessary evil?

Lewis Hine, Spinner in Globe Cotton Mill, Augusta, Georgia, 1909. Source: Wikimedia Commons

Work is what we do to stay alive. From the dawn of time, work of one sort or another has been the means for us to provide ourselves and our families with food, clothing and shelter. But as civilisation developed, work became quantified and commodified. In some industrialised nations, it’s still a badge of honour to boast of the hours we…