08-06-12, 07:00 PM
When my country was in socialism, a shoe maker would make shoes. Extra shoes he doesn't need, he would sell.
Now he has to sell all his shoes, hoping he'll make enough profit to buy himself one pair.
Looking at factories. They make a machine that automates work of 5 people. Instead of letting machine do the work and let people rest, they fire 4 fifths of the workforce, and those left working have to work even harder job of servicing machines. Something very wrong with that picture. Technology, instead of making lives easier, is making problems. Those Ned Ludd guys were perhaps not that crazy after all.
Now he has to sell all his shoes, hoping he'll make enough profit to buy himself one pair.
Looking at factories. They make a machine that automates work of 5 people. Instead of letting machine do the work and let people rest, they fire 4 fifths of the workforce, and those left working have to work even harder job of servicing machines. Something very wrong with that picture. Technology, instead of making lives easier, is making problems. Those Ned Ludd guys were perhaps not that crazy after all.
Most things done in a hurry need to be done again - patiently.