Employers have figured out how to exploit society’s crisis of meaning – by turning workplaces into sites of cult-like religious devotion
Do you feel lost? Like your life has been drained of meaning or purpose? During your work day, do you wander from task to task in a daze, just waiting to be released from this painful monotony?
Yeah, well, guess what, your boss noticed and now she’s hired a spiritual consultant. Firms like Ritualist and Ritual Design Lab – there is also a robust selection of freelance consultants available, according to the quick and demoralizing Google I just did – help corporations imbue the office space with what the New York Times calls “some of the meaning that [people] used to derive from churches, temples, mosques, and the like”.
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