In the headlong rush towards exploiting the easy and trivial gains one can pilfer from the cost reductions achieved through automation I fear many of you fine H

In the headlong rush towards exploiting the easy and trivial gains one can pilfer from the cost reductions achieved through automation I fear many of you fine HN folk may have forgotten other applications of technology in the workplace that can both uplift the human spirit and create super-fulfilling jobs. Come on hacker folk… you can (and have!) reach higher than this. Oh… and before you hit that vote or reply button… take a deep breath and read through some of Papert's earlier works. It's easy to take an intellectual position on your reading of the (assumed) flaws in a critics commentary but, as most smart kids learn sooner or later, once the tide turns against you it becomes a lot harder to win people's trust.