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Another thing that's pathetic is the NEED to move around so much. A lot of work could be done at home if deeply ingrained cultural assumptions about work, manag
by itmag 15y ago
Another thing that's pathetic is the NEED to move around so much. A lot of work could be done at home if deeply ingrained cultural assumptions about work, management, and productivity were not so flawed.
Who says it's a panglossian necessity to spend 8+1 hours in an office and commuting 2 ways every day?
Best of possible worlds my ass.
Give everyone a Mininum Guaranteed Income, automate what can be automated with frickin' robots, turn most desk jobs into remote jobs, and let everyone else have a ROWE (Results Only Work Environment). Oh, and coddle the fuck out of everyone who wants to be an entrepreneur. (As opposed to jabbing them with bureaucratic spears and wishing for their doom as is currently done by society).
- dctoedt 15y ago> Give everyone a Mininum Guaranteed Income, automate what can be automated with frickin' robots, turn most desk jobs into remote jobs, and let everyone else have a ROWE (Results Only Work Environment). As the old saying goes, an idle mind is the devil's workshop. Productive work gives you a sense of accomplishment and purpose. People who don't have that, often turn into troublemakers of one kind or another.
- itmag 15y agoProductive work and 9-to-5 work are two things that don't always overlap. Oh and read this if you're not convinced about the Guaranteed Minimum Income: http://www.xamuel.com/ten-reasons-for-guaranteed-minimum-income/ http://www.xamuel.com/ten-reasons-for-guaranteed-minimum-inc...
- itmag 15y agoIf anything, the idle minds belong to those who are constantly tired out and distracted by their work. Freeing people from this onus would mean a lot of more thought-cycles spent on important problems. Here's another good read: http://www.zpub.com/notes/idle.html http://www.zpub.com/notes/idle.html Also, one of the top 5 death bed regrets is working too much: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1643239 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1643239