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Video: The War Against Work

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Post date November 30, 2013
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Mike Rowe of the Discovery Channel’s “Dirty Jobs” show here talks to the designers and engineers and tech mavens of TED on the reality of work. Not the fantasy. Not the politics. The reality. Fascinating:

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