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    The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work (Vintage International) Alain De Botton “A snob is anybody who takes a small part of you and uses it to come to a complete vision of who you are. That is snobbery. And the dominant form of snobbery that exists today is job snobbery — you encounter it within minutes at a party when you get asked that famous, iconic question of the 21st century: ‘What do you do?’ The opposite of a snob is your mother.” Philosopher Alain de Botton on false standards and how to reclaim the metrics of success.

    The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work (Vintage International)

    Alain De Botton

    “A snob is anybody who takes a small part of you and uses it to come to a complete vision of who you are. That is snobbery. And the dominant form of snobbery that exists today is job snobbery — you encounter it within minutes at a party when you get asked that famous, iconic question of the 21st century: ‘What do you do?’ The opposite of a snob is your mother.”

    Philosopher Alain de Botton on false standards and how to reclaim the metrics of success.

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