In short, he wrote a book in 2003 which "describes the emergence of a new social class" This new class is made up of people who use creativity as a key factor in their work. He says this class makes up 30% of the workforce.
Not insubstantial.
My partner and I are Creative Classers. We live on next to nothing so we can do what we enjoy and live in paradise in order to afford it. We don't lounge in the sun with a book. We have the work ethic thing to contend with. And a drive to succeed eventually. And of course there are the three bumpkins to feed, clothe and supervise.
But we do it in a great setting and we do get to hang out with the kids a bit and there's no traffic and we only do jobs we want to do.
I am finding though as I can start the steps towards 40 that I am gazing away from my class of lifestyle and wondering how green that turf in the other class really is. Is money worth all the rest? I mean how can it be? But so many people choose it with such fervor and with such utter disregard for any other desire or rights to pleasure.
Perhaps we missed something in the middle class gene.
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