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"I want to say, in all seriousness, that a great deal of harm is being done in the modern world by belief in the virtuousness of work, and that the road to happ
by bdcs 12y ago
"I want to say, in all seriousness, that a great deal of harm is being done in the modern world by belief in the virtuousness of work, and that the road to happiness and prosperity lies in an organized diminution of work." Bertrand Russell http://www.zpub.com/notes/idle.html http://www.zpub.com/notes/idle.html
- SupremumLimit 12y agoGreat quote! Job creation is such a short-sighted goal, when we should really be looking at an organised transition to less and less work. Things are going that way anyway, but in an entirely uncontrolled fashion which will lead (perhaps is leading already?) to a lot of social problems. Instead of attempting to go down that path, Y Combinator just wants to prop up the existing system it seems?
- vehementi 12y agoA lot of posts being downvoted in this thread. This one clearly contributes whether you agree or not. What is going on?
- prawn 12y agoThe RFS talks about sparking a million jobs, not necessarily a million full-time, long-commute, high-stress jobs. They could be the sorts of opportunities where the takers can get a fairly painless way to cover some bills for 15-20 hours a week from home. Or a way of handling job sharing so that a million full-time jobs are just as easily managed by two million people who'd prefer to reduce their hours. (People going on maternity/paternity leave would love an opportunity like this.)