I never liked working, and I thought I was a lazy person, but after reading this book, I think differently. The amount of things I've learnt from this book is enormous, and now I think I need to reread it. I'll buy the paperback as soon as it is out and will keep this book in my library.

This was excellent. It gave me so much food for thought - for example, if machines have helped us be more productive than 150 years ago, why are we still working 40 hours a week rather than, say, 15? How come we grow our food when it could take less time and effort to forage and hunt?
I liked the different chapters and the history of work as a concept, the values we give to work, and the future of work with the development of artificial intelligence. It was well-written and really interesting.

Work by James Suzman is a fascinating book which took a long time for me to read because I had to keep stopping and thinking about the content.

All aspects of the word “work” are explored in Suzman’s wide ranging analysis, from physics to expending energy to careers. The most interesting thread explores the move from a hunter-gatherer economy to agriculture to the industrial revolution and now the post-industrial knowledge economy and (maybe) the dying days of capitalism.

A recommended read for the thoughtful.

Thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for providing a review copy in exchange for honest feedback.