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> we only arrange what will be done, which is a flimsy basis for a life. Isn't this what managers do? And large company execs? The bigger the team you lead, th
by Swizec 9y ago
> we only arrange what will be done, which is a flimsy basis for a life.
Isn't this what managers do? And large company execs? The bigger the team you lead, the less you do and the more you arrange others to do.
So perhaps instead of saying our lives are becoming flimsy, we could say we're all turning into managers.
- b0rsuk 9y agoI'm not going to get upvotes for that, but some of humanity's most profound achievements happened during times of slavery and feudalism. At times even majority of population labored so that the privileged few could pursue philosophy, science, architecture and art. Ancient Greece, Rome, medieval cathedrals, sculptures and paintings. Great wall of China. Oppressive regimes can throw incredible numbers of people at the problem (although recent research suggests the pyramids of Egypt were built by paid workers). My point is that substantial achievements happen even when the privileged people are largely lazy, spoiled and delegate tasks. It's different kind of achievements than in a more egalitarian society (like a republic), perhaps scientific progress is the biggest casualty.
- watwut 9y agoMajority of history was feudalism. So, I guess of course? Through, medieval sculptures and paintings are quite odd choice of profound achievement. They are just sculptures and paintings and buildings, really. There is nothing profound or moving about them. We are generating a lot of art, philosophy and what not right now, more then they ever did. Same for science, it is moving much faster now then it moved under feudalism or slavery.