@anthrowittering

little history, hard anthropology and soft economics. Author: Work & Affluence without Abundance, Sie nannten es Arbeit etc.

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I'm the one on the left. Blue sky thinking: is it time to stop work taking over our lives? theguardian.com/money/2020/o…

Blue sky thinking: is it time to stop work taking over our lives?

Anthropologist James Suzman says now is the perfect time to rein in our unsustainable work habits. But is it possible?

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BaTwa populations from Zambia retain ancestry of past hunter-gatherer groups nature.com/articles/s41467-0…

BaTwa populations from Zambia retain ancestry of past hunter-gatherer groups

Nature Communications - Few genetic studies have focused on BaTwa populations in southern Africa. Here, the authors have examined the genetic ancestry of 80 individuals from two isolated BaTwa...

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And yet another @bigthink thing. I had no idea I said so much stuff in that interview. youtube.com/watch?v=Dk0sJP9C…

What today’s hunter-gatherers can teach us about modern life | James Suzman

James Suzman lived with a tribe of hunter-gatherers to witness how ...

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Estos días hemos sabido que la salud mental de los portugueses ha mejorado gracias a la semana laboral de cuatro días. Al hilo de esta noticia, recordamos el libro «Trabajo. Una historia de cómo empleamos el tiempo», de James Suzman. elpais.com/economia/negocios…

La salud mental de los portugueses mejora con la semana laboral de cuatro días

El estudio preliminar sobre el proyecto piloto que ensaya la reducción del tiempo de trabajo muestra descensos en los niveles de ansiedad, insomnio y depresión

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Happy new year. 2024 Begins With More Record Heat Worldwide nytimes.com/2024/02/07/clima…

2024 Begins With More Record Heat Worldwide (Published 2024)

On the heels of Earth’s warmest year, January was the eighth month in a row in which global temperatures blew past previous records.

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@bigthink26 Jan 2024
This is how work has shaped society, according to anthropologist James Suzman (@anthrowittering)

How we ended up here

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If AI means we don't need to work anymore, how will we fill our days? Anthropologist James Suzman and former president of TUC, Baroness Margaret Prosser, share their thoughts on life and work. Listen on #BBCSounds ⬇️ bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0gql07…

BBC Radio 4 - World at One and PM Highlights, If AI means we don't need to work anymore, how will...

James Suzman and Baroness Prosser on the meaning of life and work.

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This is a vital question. Presumably, the SPCA will investigate and then offer an answer.
Dr. Holly Walters@Manigarm18 Sep 2023
I am both an American and a Cultural Anthropologist who specializes in semiotics and religion. I do not understand what is going on in this flag. At all.
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James Suzman descubrió el origen de nuestra obsesión por la productividad elconfidencial.com/alma-cora…

El antropólogo que descubrió el origen de nuestra obsesión por la productividad

James Suzman, que pasó décadas estudiando a los bosquimanos, argumenta que fue la agricultura la actividad que propició que cada vez estuviéramos más atados al trabajo

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sic transit gloria in more ways than one.
SugarMan.org@sugar_man9 Aug 2023
It is with great sadness that we at Sugarman.org announce that Sixto Diaz Rodriguez has passed away earlier today. We extend our most heartfelt condolences to his daughters – Sandra, Eva and Regan – and to all his family. Rodriguez was 81 years old.
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Still/In Motion: time-lapsed montages of starling murmurations theguardian.com/artanddesign…

Still/In Motion: time-lapsed montages of starling murmurations

The photographs of Kathryn Cooper combines multiple high resolution frames to capture the fluid movement of migrating starling murmurations in rural England

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Can’t stop laughing.. 😂
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Am looking for examples of freeloading for new book. More outrageous and unusual the better. Any scale: from household moochers to shadowy global cabals
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threads.net/@jamessuzman

James Suzman (@jamessuzman) • Threads, Say more

252 Followers • 3 Threads • Author WORK & Affluence Without Abundance. Bylines NYT @sundaytimes @guardian @theatlantic & others. . . also an occasional taker of pictures. . . See the latest...

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I’ve migrated from this billionaire’s blue tick red hat play park to the other billionaires’ play park. Under my name on threads
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🤔Kan man forestille sig en verden, hvor vi arbejder mindre? Hvor arbejdet ikke definerer, hvem vi er? Hør antropologen James Suzman fortælle med afsæt i sin anmelderroste bog ‘Work: A Deep History’ bit.ly/3IGsICr - talk fra #bloomdk #dkforsk
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Interview in L’Obs
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@Le_NouvelObs16 Feb 2023
"Durant l’essentiel des 300 000 ans de son histoire, le sort de notre espèce n’a pas été de trimer dur en permanence. Le #travail n’était ni une vertu en soi, ni l’étalon du mérite individuel", rappelle l'anthropologue James Suzman nouvelobs.com/idees/20230216…

Selon l’anthropologue James Suzman, « moins le travail est récompensé, plus on nous vante sa...

A l’occasion de la réforme des retraites, entretien avec l’anthropologue James Suzman, selon qui « moins le travail est récompensé, plus on nous vante sa “valeur” »

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humo@Humo7 Dec 2022
Onze verknipte relatie met werk: ‘Amper één op de tien Europeanen haalt plezier, voldoening en zingeving uit zijn job’ buff.ly/3P4zPq8
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#YeniKitap 🔥 Dünyanın önde gelen antropologlarından James Suzman #Çalışma kitabında çalışmayla kurduğumuz ilişkinin 300 bin yıllık evrimini kayda geçiriyor ve bu ilişkinin günümüzde de köklü bir değişimden geçtiğini ve bu değişimin olası sonuçlarını gösteriyor. Çok yakında!
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@bigthink18 Nov 2022
Anthropologist James Suzman, @anthrowittering, lived with a tribe of hunter-gatherers to witness how an ancient culture survives one of the most brutal climates on Earth. His learnings may surprise you.

Anthropologist debunks Darwin’s most abused idea

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