Technological developments have led to the digitization of certain sectors of the economy, and this has many authors looking ahead to the prospects of a post-work society. While it is valuable to theorize about this possibility, it is also important to take note of the present state of work. For better or worse, it is what we are currently stuck with, and as the COVID-19 pandemic has ensured, much of that work is now taking place online. Though a ‘return to normalcy’ is on the horizon, part of that normalcy involves online work, which is itself a significant change in the lives of many workers. Here I develop an account of work on which work is teleologically structured. This gives the result that working is something we can fail at doing, even when we try, and we can also be unsure of whether we've succeeded or failed. The shift of certain work from in-person to online modes generates a persistent uncertainty for workers in affected professions. Because our ability to work is something we typically value, this uncertainty has significant negative consequences for a worker's self-conception. Indeed, it is analogous to disorders of agency and generates a kind of alienation.

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醉酒教学：工作、在线经济和行动中的不确定性

技术发展导致某些经济部门的数字化，这让许多作者展望了后工作社会的前景。虽然对这种可能性进行理论化很有价值，但注意目前的工作状态也很重要。无论好坏，这是我们目前所坚持的，并且由于 COVID-19 大流行已经确保，大部分工作现在都在网上进行。尽管“回归常态”即将到来，但这种常态的一部分涉及在线工作，这本身就是许多工人生活的重大变化。在这里，我对工作进行了一个目的论结构的描述。这给出的结果是，工作是我们可能会失败的事情，即使我们尝试过，我们也可能不确定我们是成功还是失败。某些工作从面对面模式转变为在线模式给受影响行业的工人带来了持续的不确定性。因为我们的工作能力是我们通常看重的东西，所以这种不确定性会对工人的自我概念产生重大的负面影响。事实上，它类似于能动性障碍并产生一种异化。