The BOOKOMI Podcast

47: James Suzman - Work: A History of How We Spend Our Time

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In this episode Richard Kilgarriff shares OMI with social anthropologist James Suzman, digging deep into the “evolutionary legacy” behind our need to work.
James Suzman has lived with the Bushmen of Botswana’s eastern Kalahari for more than 25 years. He is the author of Affluence Without Abundance and heads the Cambridge-based research and support organisation Anthropos. 
Get a copy fo James Suzman's new book WORK: A HISTORY OF HOW WE SPEND OUR TIME HERE