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A job is something we do to get a paycheck and pay our bills. Jobs are legitimate, at times, but work is why we are here in the universe. Work and calling often go together.

Yet in this global economy, no jobs are safe. High-speed Internet connections and low-cost, skilled labor overseas are an explosive combination.

The spread of computers and the Internet will put jobs in two categories. People who tell computers what to do, and people who are told by computers what to do.

Jobs are what give people a sense of fulfillment and self-reliance.

Jobs, as such, are a relatively new concept. People may have always worked, but until the advent of the corporation in the early Renaissance, most people just worked for themselves. They made shoes, plucked chickens, or created value in some way for other people, who then traded or paid for those goods and services.

It's easy to forget that for centuries - for millennia - the 'workforce' was all of us.

Most people spend their whole lives looking for the right job. There are others who never get an opportunity to do work that fulfils them.

Jobs mean freedom for workers to support their families.

If you step back and look at technology from every era, it has displaced jobs but also created a lot of jobs.