This reminds me of the introduction to Walden where Thoreau is sitting on his porch one day, and he sees men laboring intensely to move logs one way down the st

This reminds me of the introduction to Walden where Thoreau is sitting on his porch one day, and he sees men laboring intensely to move logs one way down the street in front of his house, and then later that day, sees a different set of men laboring intensely to move the same logs back the other direction. Only under a blind self interest system like capitalism can this kind of wasted effort be rationalized.