{"id":582,"date":"2023-07-22T03:03:38","date_gmt":"2023-07-22T03:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shoffman.tech\/?page_id=582"},"modified":"2023-07-27T03:34:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T03:34:52","slug":"work-is-it-what-gives-meaning-to-our-existence-or-does-our-existence-drive-us-to-work","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/shoffman.tech\/?page_id=582","title":{"rendered":"Work: Is It What Gives Meaning to Our Existence? Or Does Our Existence Drive Us to Work?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"582\" class=\"elementor elementor-582\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5866f8d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5866f8d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c199ad8\" data-id=\"c199ad8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-713607a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"713607a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 20-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><h3 data-elementor-setting-key=\"title_text\" data-elementor-inline-editing-toolbar=\"none\" data-pen-placeholder=\"Type Here...\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Work: Is It What Gives Meaning to Our Existence? Or Does Our Existence Drive Us to Work?<\/h3><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-091ce54 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"091ce54\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7ef3a45\" data-id=\"7ef3a45\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e1f0d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e1f0d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 20-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><em>Posted by&nbsp;<strong>Seth Hoffman<\/strong>&nbsp;on Apr<strong>&nbsp;20, 2021<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d272f1f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d272f1f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e965908\" data-id=\"e965908\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c39603 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1c39603\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 20-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/shoffman.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Work-Blog-Header.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-647\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shoffman.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Work-Blog-Header.png 1024w, https:\/\/shoffman.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Work-Blog-Header-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/shoffman.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Work-Blog-Header-768x540.png 768w, https:\/\/shoffman.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Work-Blog-Header-1000x703.png 1000w, https:\/\/shoffman.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Work-Blog-Header-230x162.png 230w, https:\/\/shoffman.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Work-Blog-Header-350x246.png 350w, https:\/\/shoffman.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Work-Blog-Header-480x338.png 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-63d0dda elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"63d0dda\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b298cd0\" data-id=\"b298cd0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2eb63ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"2eb63ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 20-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-column .elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--spacer-size)}.e-con{--container-widget-width:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer{width:var(--container-widget-width,var(--spacer-size));--align-self:var(--container-widget-align-self,initial);--flex-shrink:0}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container{height:100%;width:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer{height:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--container-widget-height,var(--spacer-size))}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty{position:relative;min-height:22px;min-width:22px}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty .elementor-widget-empty-icon,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty .elementor-widget-empty-icon{position:absolute;top:0;bottom:0;left:0;right:0;margin:auto;padding:0;width:22px;height:22px}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-784b43f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"784b43f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6a47415\" data-id=\"6a47415\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c0bc73 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c0bc73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"viewer-7qien\" class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">When I was a child, I would feel disappointed when my parents would drop me off at daycare because they had to go to WORK. My Dad works long hours. When he gets home from driving a UPS truck until sundown to sit on the couch, and talk about the not so great things that happens at work. Although my Mom only worked three days a week, her 3-12 hour shift in the Emergency Room, proved to be so mentally, emotionally and physically exhausting that by the time she recovers from her shifts, it was time for her to go back to work. She would often be in tears because according to her, she cannot stand seeing people suffer and die and she cannot do anything about it. On the average, people spend about 90,000 hours of their lives working. Why does work have to consume people\u2019s lives? Are working toward owning a huge home, society\u2019s perceived way of life band wagon more important than actually \u201cliving or having a life?\u201d Does our chosen field of work give meaning to our existence? Or should we dig deeper and seek a deeper meaning in our existence so a divine power will direct us to the path that we are supposed to take?<\/span><\/p><p id=\"viewer-da01a\" class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">The dictionary defines work as \u201can activity which is done exclusively for the sake of something worthwhile; doing solely as a means to some externally desired end.\u201c Based on this definition, work Is an accepted part of life. Generations of children witness adults compelled to toil to survive to meet families\u2019 basic needs. In today\u2019s society, where technology, capitalism and progress sets the pace for everyone\u2019s desired lifestyle, the main driver for work, to me, are most often meaningless wants. I struggled to write this essay. I am a young man, going to college with the purpose of ultimately finding work in my chosen field. Dropping a class today because I was failing it was quite discouraging. Is this current path I am in where I am really supposed to be? In this paper I would like to focus my discussion on labor and work and how it relates to humans and their relationship with nature; and labor as a means to explore how today\u2019s progress has dictated human relationships. I am hoping to process my own existence and my purpose through this introspection.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3e1d742\" data-id=\"3e1d742\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21f39a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"21f39a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/shoffman.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/justus-menke-fH9kS0Ql8Q4-unsplash-819x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-649\" alt=\"\" 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https:\/\/shoffman.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/conor-samuel-JbqJBymK3Vo-unsplash-1000x1500.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/shoffman.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/conor-samuel-JbqJBymK3Vo-unsplash-230x345.jpg 230w, https:\/\/shoffman.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/conor-samuel-JbqJBymK3Vo-unsplash-350x525.jpg 350w, https:\/\/shoffman.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/conor-samuel-JbqJBymK3Vo-unsplash-480x720.jpg 480w, https:\/\/shoffman.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/conor-samuel-JbqJBymK3Vo-unsplash-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b25340d\" data-id=\"b25340d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e678649 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e678649\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"viewer-ellk5\" class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">Laborem Exercens was written by Pope John Paul II in 1981. He stated: \u201c I wish to devote this document to human work and, even more, to man in the vast context of the reality of work. &#8230; Work is one of these aspects, a perennial and fundamental one, one that is always relevant and constantly demands renewed attention and decisive witness.\u201d Because work is the foundation of family life, of people\u2019s existence so that they can provide, the Pope\u2019s message aim to remind us that human labor should not only be looked at from an economic perspective. Work has to be seen as a privileged expression of humans, who have been created in God\u2019s image. In a complex society, human greed: consumerism, capitalism has cast a shadow over the real purpose of human work.<\/span><\/p><p id=\"viewer-5qf1m\" class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">Man and Work<\/span><\/p><p id=\"viewer-aj6mu\" class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 cDpYU ok2w4y bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\"><em>&#8220;Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it.&#8221; Genesis<\/em><\/span><\/p><p id=\"viewer-2oaup\" class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">God has given mankind the entire world and all its resources and has endowed us with intellect and reason so we can transform and adapt nature to meet our needs for survival and experience fulfillment. Over many centuries humans have utilized nature for human purposes. The forests, oceans, mountains, all the living creatures, have helped forge human progress to where it is today. The Earth is a gift that humans should be looking after and not pillaged and treated with indifference when it has served its purpose. The earth\u2019s natural ecosystems have been exploited by man. Many forests are left without trees, mountains have been left hollow, excavated to mine precious metals, animals that are responsible for the balance in our ecosystem are becoming extinct. Natural resources in otherwise self- supporting countries are being exported including agricultural products, that third world countries can no longer support the basic needs of its people. A prime example of this are Asian countries. In feature in National Georgraphic, Asian countries rank as one of the top producers of agricultural, forest, fishing, mining, and industrial products. Asia\u2019s timber industry have fallen victim to illegal logging and timber smuggling, rendering Asian countries as having some of the worst deforestation rates in the world. Capitalists from other countries dominate this exchange of goods, bringing more wealth to the wealthy, the poor hungry and worst of all, negative environmental impacts such as floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, acres of barren land. The \u201cthrowaway culture\u201d carries with it consequences that has resulted to piles of things, objects that pollutes our cities and oceans. The ladder mentality no longer fits in today\u2019s world. For humans to survive, the Pope refers to the symbiotic, synergistic relationship between the Earth and humans. The feature Home, sends an imperative message that survival of humans depends upon the thoughtful co-existence of humans and nature. Man in order maintain harmony and balance, has to re-experience and observe Mother Earth as a valued gift that has to be nurtured, just as nature has fostered the existence of humankind.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e6f0165 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e6f0165\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f54c1ad\" data-id=\"f54c1ad\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e40e124 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e40e124\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-15a3b4f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"15a3b4f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2c09b94\" data-id=\"2c09b94\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3a9444 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d3a9444\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"viewer-9b9gk\" class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 cDpYU ok2w4y bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">Humans and its Association with Human Labor<\/span><\/p><p id=\"viewer-3fmml\" class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">One of the most interesting truths in Laborem Excersens explained the objective and subjective aspect of work. The objective sense, refer to the external aspects of work, the actual job one does, how this labor is being sold to the employer, (possessor of capital). With the necessary tools or machines, labor is perceived as a merchandize, the end result of work, and what it can provide, money, product, prestige. The objective view of work leads to materialism, economism, capitalism where humans are exploited in terms of wages, working conditions, benefits etc. The subjective dimension of work: the work, itself, is considered as an activity of the human person.\u00a0<em>Laborem exercens<\/em>\u00a0reminds us that \u201c[a]s man, through his work, becomes more and more the master of the earth, and as he confirms his dominion over the visible world, again through his work, he nevertheless remains in every case and at every phase of this process within the Creator\u2019s original ordering. And this ordering remains necessarily and indissolubly linked with the fact that man was created, as male and female, \u2018in the image of God\u2019.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p id=\"viewer-9nmes\" class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">Some of the challenges that we face in today\u2019s fast pace, technology founded, capitalism driven world that resonates with my are disparities in employment opportunities and the consequences of technology.<\/span><\/p><p id=\"viewer-d3tlu\" class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">In any societal doctrine, each worker have to be treated with dignity and respect. Production and capital a mere instruments of labor and should not dictate labor practices. The Pope calls for the solidarity of laborers and the creation of laws and policies that protect the rights and welfare of workers. Opportunities for basic training and education should be provided to all so everyone will stem from an equal playing field. Social structures in society are inevitable, but responsible governments can offer those without trust funds an education that will inspire their thirst for learning or training in their chosen vocations. The world today is laden with venture capitalists and highly patronized corporation that thrive from outsourced cheap labors and laborers, humans who are sold and trafficked, threatened and retaliated upon, restrained, coerced, and discriminated. In the midst of our own selfish agendas, have we taken the time to actually ponder on who put together the cellphones, and Ipads that we cannot live without? The Pope mentions today\u2019s mentality stem from the thoughtless acceptance of what a fully utilitarian culture that does not care for waste. Not valuing labor as it is supposed to has lead to the worsening \u201csocial, ethical and moral degradation of humans\u201d and the money god that now dictate how humans should live has replaced family time, simple living and enjoyment of what is free and available: nature and human relationships.<\/span><\/p><p id=\"viewer-fgmqn\" class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">The Pandemic should have given us all a wake- up call. As a negative consequence of how we have been living our lives, how we have been indifferent to our environment, and how we all have lost focus on what are the most important things in life, the economic struggles, the isolation, death and suffering the world has faced has brought about a new light to how life is supposed to be lived and how the reality of losing what one has worked so hard for.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4837e41\" data-id=\"4837e41\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a215c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5a215c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/shoffman.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/sigmund-LyF5jsdcYW0-unsplash-683x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-650\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shoffman.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/sigmund-LyF5jsdcYW0-unsplash-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/shoffman.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/sigmund-LyF5jsdcYW0-unsplash-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shoffman.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/sigmund-LyF5jsdcYW0-unsplash-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shoffman.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/sigmund-LyF5jsdcYW0-unsplash-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shoffman.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/sigmund-LyF5jsdcYW0-unsplash-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/shoffman.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/sigmund-LyF5jsdcYW0-unsplash-1000x1500.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/shoffman.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/sigmund-LyF5jsdcYW0-unsplash-230x345.jpg 230w, https:\/\/shoffman.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/sigmund-LyF5jsdcYW0-unsplash-350x525.jpg 350w, https:\/\/shoffman.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/sigmund-LyF5jsdcYW0-unsplash-480x720.jpg 480w, https:\/\/shoffman.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/sigmund-LyF5jsdcYW0-unsplash-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-82f19f3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"82f19f3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0e48ffb\" data-id=\"0e48ffb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-834289f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"834289f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-424fc66 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"424fc66\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2a851e5\" data-id=\"2a851e5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-876b3d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"876b3d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/shoffman.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/yoav-aziz-T4ciXluAvIE-unsplash-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-651\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shoffman.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/yoav-aziz-T4ciXluAvIE-unsplash-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shoffman.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/yoav-aziz-T4ciXluAvIE-unsplash-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/shoffman.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/yoav-aziz-T4ciXluAvIE-unsplash-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/shoffman.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/yoav-aziz-T4ciXluAvIE-unsplash-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shoffman.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/yoav-aziz-T4ciXluAvIE-unsplash-1000x1333.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/shoffman.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/yoav-aziz-T4ciXluAvIE-unsplash-230x307.jpg 230w, https:\/\/shoffman.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/yoav-aziz-T4ciXluAvIE-unsplash-350x467.jpg 350w, https:\/\/shoffman.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/yoav-aziz-T4ciXluAvIE-unsplash-480x640.jpg 480w, https:\/\/shoffman.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/yoav-aziz-T4ciXluAvIE-unsplash-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-425e456\" data-id=\"425e456\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94bfd40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"94bfd40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"viewer-ae1tr\" class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">During the Pandemic, everyone was in the same predicament:<\/span><\/p><p id=\"viewer-8112t\" class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">\u00b7 Everyone can potentially get sick and die.<\/span><\/p><p id=\"viewer-2vbjm\" class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">\u00b7 Everyone, has to isolate and quarantine.<\/span><\/p><p id=\"viewer-7g8t3\" class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">\u00b7 Everyone who used to work can no longer, and are forced to interact with their children, and family members 24\/7, in one household.<\/span><\/p><p id=\"viewer-evusf\" class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">\u00b7 People whose jobs and responsibilities were most often overlooked were recognized based on their roles and contribution to society: the cook and baker, the grocer, the trash collector, the delivery men and women, post office worker, front line health care workers. These workers, are now seeing the subjective view of their worth, they contribution to society. The only experience that was available for families are their relationships with other family members, nature, and technology. Work can no longer be an excuse not to interact with people in your household.<\/span><\/p><p id=\"viewer-8ddpq\" class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">\u00b7 Work, which most often was the cause of physical and mental stress, realized how much work dictated the way they lived vs how they should live.<\/span><\/p><p id=\"viewer-89fnv\" class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">\u00b7 Those who did not value health, now considers physical and mental health as priorities for survival vs material things.<\/span><\/p><p id=\"viewer-9rl8f\" class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">\u00b7 Technology, that has always been perceived as a blessed benefit of progress, has shown its good, bad and ugly. \u201cTechnology\u00a0<em>&#8220;can cease to be man&#8217;s ally and cane become an\u00a0<\/em><em>his enemy, as when the mechanization of work &#8216;supplants&#8217; him, taking away all personal satisfaction and the incentive to creativity and responsibility, when it deprives many workers of their previous employment, or when, through exalting the machine, it reduces man to the status of its slave.&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p><p id=\"viewer-fr0vl\" class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">During the Pandemic, the internet, provided inconsistent information that crippled many people in fear, hiding out in their homes. Those who are already suffering from mental and physical illness further isolated themselves and were dancing to the tune played by media outlets. Having no other source of entertainment, kids get sucked into the fake realities presented by social media stars and bloggers. Sitting for hours in front of a technological appliance, is now the new norm. Generation Z, can no longer communicate unless via text or email, their happiness dependent on social media likes, but worst of all,<\/span><\/p><p id=\"viewer-2sm6e\" class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">Kids now a days no longer want to go to school, play sports or work. Being a virtual gamer, youtuber, blogger is now almost every kid\u2019s life long dream.<\/span><\/p><p id=\"viewer-fqdha\" class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">Technology has also made us all vulnerable to security threats that can potential wreck havoc to someone for the rest of their lives. Our information are being sold to marketers whose businesses prey on human weaknesses. Technology, which was conceptualized as a tool for labor is slowly but surely taking over human lives; technology, according to the Pope is associated with a \u201cparadigm of power, dominance, and manipulation,\u201d and we are allowing ourselves to be hypnotized, helpless victims.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6800af1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6800af1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c7fe899\" data-id=\"c7fe899\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-914e30a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"914e30a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b2fefcc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b2fefcc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fb9bd7e\" data-id=\"fb9bd7e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3186606 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3186606\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5048588 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5048588\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-53c3743\" data-id=\"53c3743\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d4c4fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9d4c4fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"viewer-a7gv6\" class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 cDpYU ok2w4y bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">In Conclusion, God expects us to use our \u201ctalents\u201d to care for ourselves, and our families, and the common good. This mandate also means using our own work to help others be more productive and to always be vigilant to not disregard or diminish the work of others. The indifference of humans, sacrificing connections with others, or working without consideration for one\u2019s mental and physical health, working for the sole purpose of material things; lack of judgment therefore trampling and exploiting laborers for material gain; the lack of awareness and respect for the contribution of others; allowing technology and materialism to drive our progress will leave the future generation at an ethical, moral loss compromises our happiness and survival. Because work is personal and therefore ethical, the delicate balance the subjective and objective view of work, dictates for us to recognize that although \u201cman is destined for work and called to it, in the first place work is &#8220;for man&#8221; and not man &#8220;for work and that \u201cwork is work with others and work for others.\u201d This means that people should be \u201cjudged above all by the measure of the dignity of the subject of work, that is to say the person, the individual who carries it out<strong><em>;\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>independently of the work that every man does, and presupposing that this work constitutes a purpose.<\/span><\/p><div data-hook=\"rcv-block28\">\u00a0<\/div><p id=\"viewer-7lh0m\" class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">As someone who continues to struggle to find meaning and purpose in life, I realize that being a student, an athlete, a son, a friend, a brother, a grandson, a classmate, I too, engage in toil. I may fail and fall numerous times, suffer from rejection, disappointment and hurt. What drives me as a human, after writing this paper is the realization that living is a process. Work is one aspect of living. Every learning moment that I am experiencing will give rise to opportunities for interaction, relationships that will allow me grow as a future IT professional. Provided with moral and ethical direction, I should be able to find a healthy balance between work and living, improve my life as well as the lives of others. 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