Berfrois

Work

‘Freelancing is basically just courtship, but the freelancer-editor relationship is nothing more than friends with benefits.’

Henry Ford: ‘And go it did.’

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The gig economy expands

‘Our growing preference for the legerdemain of knowledge work over “real” work might help us understand what is amiss in the culture.’

Book excerpt: ‘Common as Air: Revolution, Art, and Ownership’ by Lewis Hyde
Poem: The Labyrinth by Robert P. Baird
Video: Maz Jobrani: Did you hear the one about the Iranian-American?
Image gallery: China Bikes
Book excerpt: ‘Out of Steppe’ by Daniel Metcalfe
Podcast: The Early Universe, as Seen From the South Pole