Name: Living for Work - Streetphilosophy
Uploaded: 2020-11-19T08:00:36.000+01:00
Duration: 1584 s
Description: Working to live or living to work. In a capitalist society characterised by ever-increasing mechanisation, what meaning can we give to our daily grind? Ronja von Rönne finds out by meeting lawyers, circus performers and old-time taxi drivers.

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Living for Work

¡Vive para trabajar!

Praca - ale po co?

Vivere per lavorare o lavorare per vivere?

Working to live or living to work. In a capitalist society characterised by ever-increasing mechanisation, what meaning can we give to our daily grind? Ronja von Rönne finds out by meeting lawyers, circus performers and old-time taxi drivers.

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Listen to Your Emotions!

Find your Fetish!

Making Decisions

Living for Work

Learning to Lose

Pessimism: It Won't Work Anyway!

Where Do You Feel at Home?

Why Learn?

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