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Work and Labor
Myth of the “Good Worker”
Nobody Wants to Work Anymore — course theme
“Lazy worker” can oversimplify labor problems
Wages, conditions, technology, and power also matter
Bartleby — Herman Melville
Refusal gets interpreted as uselessness
Civil Disobedience — Henry David Thoreau
Obedience does not automatically equal morality
Not So Fast on Teaching AI “Skills” — John Warner
Questions pressure to constantly adapt for employers
What the Luddites Can Teach Us about AI
Worker resistance can be mislabeled “anti-progress”
Original Connection
Bartleby + Luddites + Sorry to Bother You
Refusing an economic system can be labeled lazy or irrational even when it exposes exploitation
Additional Research — AI & Jobs
Title: Generative AI and jobs: A 2025 update
Authors: Paweł Gmyrek, Janine Berg, Karol Kamiński, Filip Konopczyński, Agnieszka Ładna, Balint Nafradi, Konrad Rosłaniec, Marek Troszyński
Date: May 20, 2025
Website URL:
https://www.ilo.org/publications/generative-ai-and-jobs-2025-update
Key finding: GenAI is more likely to transform many jobs than simply eliminate them
Connection: Technology changes work, but human input and worker power still matter
Identity & Human Value
Orientation — Daniel Orozco
Office routine hides workers’ complicated human lives
Bartleby — Herman Melville
Isolation and alienation
Is human worth equal to productivity?
Sorry to Bother You — Boots Riley
Cassius changes himself to succeed at work
Work creates conflict between money, identity, and morality
Not So Fast on Teaching AI “Skills” — John Warner
Education should be more than job training
Human judgment matters beyond workplace efficiency
Connection: Orientation ↔ Sorry to Bother You
Workplaces can shape identity and behavior
Resistance & Refusal
Bartleby, the Scrivener — Herman Melville
“I would prefer not to.”
Refusal interrupts normal expectations of work
Civil Disobedience — Henry David Thoreau
Conscience over obedience
Refusing an unjust system can be moral action
Sorry to Bother You — Boots Riley
Workers organize against exploitation
Collective resistance creates power
Connection: Bartleby ↔ Thoreau
Refusal challenges authority
Power & Control
Orientation — Daniel Orozco
Strange office rules → workplace control
Workers are treated as roles, not full individuals
Sorry to Bother You — Boots Riley
Profit over people
“White voice” → pressure to change identity for success
What the Luddites Can Teach Us about AI — Sophie Bushwick & Elah Feder
Technology can increase employer power
Luddites resisted exploitation, not technology itself
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