"First of all: what is work? Work is of two kinds: first, altering
the position of matter at or near the earth's surface relatively to
other such matter; second, telling other people to do so. The first
kind is unpleasant and ill paid; the second is pleasant and highly
paid." Bertrand Russell
His full article, 'In Praise of Idleness' - here -
http://www.zpub.com/notes/idle.html
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 04/05/2009, at 2:04 AM, Jan Steinman wrote:
> Those who have become more efficient and knowledgeable should not have
> to work so hard to achieve the same result, no? Po*, why not strive
> for "equal results" and "equal compensation," whereby the master
> provides direction and correction, and the apprentice provides brawn
> and grunt work. Then the master can go fishing, and "work" on more
> important things, like what is the meaning of life, and why do people
> work like insane fools until they're continuously tired, so that some
> day they might have the luxury of being, all of a sudden, complete
> leeches on the system, when they become re-tired? :-)
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