Moving beyond snobbery

In this TED talk Philosopher Alain de Botton invites us to examine our fixed notions of success and failure and suggests that snobbery may play a part in our enjoyment (or lack thereof) of our work. It’s a useful and interesting perspective on the current un/employment crisis. The comments stream is also interesting and there’s a fascinating conversation on the merits of success as socially constructed, imposed, self-imposed, accepted or bestowed.