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sure, that's a great characteristic for things. Not so sure about implying that people should be assessed the same way.

• Godel_unicode 9y ago
  You don't think people should strive to be useful? What virtue/goal would you replace usefulness with?
  • ux-app 9y ago
    I find the whole Thomas package distasteful. The subtext always seems to be that Thomas would be fine if he just did what he was told to do by his betters. In that context, Thomas' servile desire to be useful carries sinister undertones.
  • bildung 9y ago
    That's a difference! Striving to be useful is not the same as being categorized by the ruler as being useful or not.