Comments on: Thoughts on Slashing, From Aristotle

By: Dana

Dana — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:46:17 +0000

Hey Marci,

Here’s a piece from the Daily Beast talking about exactly what you have been talking about for years. Instead of using slash, they use “gig” to define the new work economy.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-01-12/the-gig-economy/full/

By: Alexia Vernon

Alexia Vernon — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:18:53 +0000

Thank you Marci and Tristan for an interesting discussion. I’ve been a “slash” woman since elementary school, coming to school most career days announcing I was going to be an astronaut and a ballet dancer or U.S. President and an architect. Successful leaders across fields rarely wear one hat or excel at one particular type of task. So while not everyone will have reason to identify his/her professional identity with a “slash,” thank you for underscoring that choosing to brand one’s self in such a way not only should be deemed acceptable; it might also signify a flexible, innovative, and enduring professional career.

By: queenie

queenie — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:06:59 +0000

What’s the citation on that Aristotle quote, please? I’d like to be able to look at it in context. Interesting!

Hi Queenie,
Courtesy of Tristan, here’s the citation. It’s from Politics, translated by Benjamin Jowett, book one, section VIII, about halfway down. Here is a link to the complete text: http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/politics.1.one.html — Marci