Curiously, a survey revealed that the most “meaningful” jobs are some less glamorous roles that demand personal engagement and have mediocre pay disproportionate to the difficulty experienced – particularly clergy, military, social work, and librarian work. Dan Bloom suggests that people find these jobs meaningful because the people in them have willingly embraced suffering. Struggle is integral to our sense of meaning, and people in these lines of work have figured out that the struggle and suffering they experience today make for a more satisfying tomorrow. Read full article here
Science
An Eerie Poisonous Fog
If you’re visiting a farm, keep an eye out for an ominous-looking bronze fog. Nitrogen tetroxide, a red-orange gas, is made by certain bacteria during fermentation when oxygen is lacking in the crop. The lack of oxygen causes the bacteria to use the nitrate within the crops, which then produces nitrogen tetroxide. Inhalation of the gas is known to cause permanent lung damage or kill people and livestock. To prevent this, farmers have started performing nitrate tests after four weeks of fermentation. Read full article here
Merv
November 30, 2022
