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Conclusions and a New Model for Age and Work

In: Generations and Work

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  • Eric Bolland
  • Carlos Lopes

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Macbeth’s soliloquy after he has found out his wife has died contains a lament over the repetitiveness of daily life that only ends in death without meaning: Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow Creeps in this petty pace from day to day … Life is but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury Signifying nothing. Shakespeare’s stark words do not speak about generation or work but they are relevant to these ideas. He is talking about time and we have written about how time is the uncontrollable force that puts us on our march through life. Time is imperceptible but every-one knows what it is and everyone agrees on how it is measured. Though we don’t agree on borders, religion, politics, government, or morals, we uniformly agree on time. In fact, time is precisely measured at the prime meridian at Greenwich, England.

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  • Eric Bolland & Carlos Lopes, 2014. "Conclusions and a New Model for Age and Work," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Generations and Work, chapter 0, pages 227-257, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-34822-7_8
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137348227_8
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