Monday, September 26, 2011
the need to cope
Not often do I read an article that really resounds as truth to me, but the odd time it does happen. Most of the time I let it pass, but I thought I would record this one. From the article 'Radisson Confidential' by Jonathan Lethem in the Oct 2011 edition of Harper's:
...Is there any chance that the Aspergerian retreat from effective task, in favour of the role of alienated scientist-observer, might be an increasingly "popular" coping stance in a world where corporations, machines, and products flourish within their own ungovernable systems? ...
The only modification I would add to this thought is the causes. Not only can it be 'corporations, machines, and products', but also work environment where you have no control or lose control. One of the coping strategies of the intelligent worker caught in this situation is the role of the alienated scientist-observer. It's all just a social studies experiment.
...Is there any chance that the Aspergerian retreat from effective task, in favour of the role of alienated scientist-observer, might be an increasingly "popular" coping stance in a world where corporations, machines, and products flourish within their own ungovernable systems? ...
The only modification I would add to this thought is the causes. Not only can it be 'corporations, machines, and products', but also work environment where you have no control or lose control. One of the coping strategies of the intelligent worker caught in this situation is the role of the alienated scientist-observer. It's all just a social studies experiment.
// posted by Bob Walker @ 8:47 PM 
