{"id":31176,"date":"2025-11-04T00:39:35","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T23:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=31176"},"modified":"2025-11-06T04:28:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T03:28:18","slug":"meaningless-jobs-and-modern-slavery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2025\/11\/meaningless-jobs-and-modern-slavery\/","title":{"rendered":"Meaningless Jobs and Modern Slavery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this talk, psychologist Jordan Peterson warns about how bureaucratic systems can slowly destroy your motivation and integrity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He explains that when people are told to follow foolish or pointless rules, they often pretend to agree just to fit in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over time, this weakens both their character and their happiness. Peterson advises people to speak up early when asked to do something clearly unreasonable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the video to learn more about this topic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Meaningless Jobs and Modern Slavery - by Jordan Peterson\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EdwdhBfqDL8?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vocabulary Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What does <strong>\u201cobject\u201d<\/strong> mean in the sentence, \u201c<em>You should <strong>object<\/strong> at the earliest possible point<\/em>\u201d? 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