The Art of Asking Your Boss for a Raise

The Art of Asking Your Boss for a RaiseThe Art of Asking Your Boss for a Raiseneurotic and pessimistic, yet endearing, comic, and never less than entertainingis a penetrating vision of the world of office work. As translator David Bellos writes, it shows us what computers, perhaps even those powered today by AI, simply cannot do: make us laugh and make us cry. This playful novel originated with a 1968 invitation from IBM, then searching for a writer to explore the use of computers in

are a combination of literature from scientific sources

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cracks in the curtains of the ordinary open up to possibilities that might not have existed

First published in 2001

With the aim to create a transnational network of solidarity

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they offer a variegated repertoire of styles of thought and modes of operation within visual culture as a whole

“It’s a choice between fascism or genocide

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There are very few things that make me feel so powerful as standing in a huddle with my teammates right before a match while our captain prepares us for battle with an uplifting pep talk

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This brutal turn ultimately affects all