ABOUT THIS EPISODE
From ?E! #33 with Noah McMillan.
What is your work actually for? Philosopher Noah McMillan reads from his essay "Production as the Divine," on how the work ethic outlived the faith that created it, and why production can't answer the question of what makes a life good.
Underlined is a short companion to our full conversations. At the end of a conversation we ask the guest one more question: what have you underlined? Then they read us the passage.
Read the full essay:
Production as the Divine, The Re-Examined Life (https://noahtmcmillan.substack.com/p/production-as-the-divine)
Hear the full conversation:
?E! #33 - Progress Without a Destination: Where Is All This Going? (YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAHYjcW0lBQ / Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/questioneverythingetp/episodes/E--33---Progress-Without-a-Destination-Where-Is-All-This-Going---with-Noah-McMillan-e3qkonj)
Mentioned:
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism by Max Weber (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Protestant_Ethic_and_the_Spirit_of_Capitalism), the 1905 argument Noah's essay starts from
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