Link to an article by Miya Tokumitsu:
Bonus links: Friedrich Engels‘ personal motto was “take it easy,” and On Boredom
Bonus quote: “No more doing evil, it’s vacation time.” Film Socialisme
Tag: Miya Tokumitsu
Bouree Lam – Why “Do What You Love” Is Pernicious Advice
Link to an interview with Miya Tokumitsu, author of Do What You Love: And Other Lies About Success and Happiness (2015), by Bouree Lam:
“Why ‘Do What You Love’ Is Pernicious Advice”
Bonus links: “Forced to Love the Grind” and “Žižek!” and The End of Dissatisfaction?: Jacques Lacan and the Emerging Society of Enjoyment
Miya Tokumitsu – Why We Should Listen to Frank Lloyd Wright
Link to an article by Miya Tokumitsu:
“Why We Should Listen to Frank Lloyd Wright”
Basically, an endorsement of Thorstein Veblen‘s economics.
Bonus link: “The FBI vs. Frank Lloyd Wright”
Miya Tokumitsu – In the Name of Love
Link to an article by Miya Tokumitsu:
This reminded me of Slavoj Žižek’s observation that it was an obscenity for the Nazis to place “Arbeit macht frei” (“Work makes you free”) on or above the gates to concentration camps like Dachau and Auschwitz.
See also The End of Dissatisfaction?: Jacques Lacan and the Emerging Society of Enjoyment