“Some people choose their precarity - evidence that precarity is not just a condition of our time, but a response to it. The precariat includes people who have forgone stable employment and retirement savings for temp work and travel and an uncertain future. Their very existence is unsettling, suggesting, as it does, that there might be something worth more than security.”
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Eula Biss is an American fiction writer born in 1977. Her works are known for their profound themes and unique narrative style. Biss's novels explore the relationship between individuals and society, power, and knowledge, often involving historical, political, and philosophical issues. more
“The best job to lose your brain is where you don't use your brain.”
“The success zone and the comfort zone are not in the same place.”