================================================================ "Perhaps a rubbish heap is, after all, the best image for the rough jumble of jurisdictions, laws, budgets, regulations, evasions, habits, agencies and officials that together make up the policy apparatus of the state. Certainly, nothing could be more fanciful than those austere, pyramidal 'organization charts' that purport to describe the official structures, priorities or procedures of government. The state is not a hierarchical, hieroglyphic tree; it is a stinking, rotting, seething heap. And this description is not meant to be derogatory..." "...the treasure I have found in the rubbish heap is a tiny, perfect policy proposal for creating an estimated 30,000 new full-time, well-paying jobs in Canada at no cost to the government, to employers, to the environment -- at no cost to anybody. Thirty thousand jobs at an average salary of $35,000 a year would be worth a total of over a billion dollars." ================================================================ For the full text of this presentation to the discussion session on "Coping with Daily Life in an Era of Unrelenting Technical Change" at the Southern California Conference on Technology, Employment and Community, go directly to: http://mindlink.net/knowware/dustbin.htm The session will take place at the conference in Los Angeles on Saturday, November 23, 1996 at 10:15 a.m. Regards, Tom Walker ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ knoW Ware Communications | Vancouver, B.C., CANADA | "Only in mediocre art [EMAIL PROTECTED] | does life unfold as fate." (604) 669-3286 | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The TimeWork Web: http://mindlink.net/knowware/worksite.htm
