Why Does The 1960s Backlash Reject A Lifelong Corporate Job?

The 1960s produced the first backlash to the 1950s, the counterculture backlash, seen in the beat movement and then the Hippie movement. Work is now conceived as an obstacle to meaning. The baby boom generation had enough of working at IBM for a whole life as the source of civic meaning.

Deep Questions with Cal Newport · Ep. 218: Work vs. Meaning · at 7:04 · October 6th, 2026 ·Transcript

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Why Does The 1960s Backlash Reject A Lifelong Corporate Job? at 7:04 Transcript
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