As several people have pointed out, the idea
that work could end for a large proportion of human society has been around for
a very long time. But might it really? Lets think about it.
Technological development has probably always
been a two stage process. The first stage involved finding
we have seen DEE HOCK at last years STATE OF THE WORLD FORUM
and have asked KEN WILBER on his FORUM and QUESTION board repeatedly
about sources, so far to not avail.
As I am not in the habit of getting tired,
instead I ask again and again,
and this time want to share with you my latest asking
Tom, we could have some fun here finding the oldest comments on these
matters. I was working with a student yesterday; we were finding
contemporary situations similar to those describe by some of the prophets
in the Hebrew(old) Testament. Amos and Isaiah had some interesting concerns.
Regards,
- Original Message -
The other question is whether the upswing in energy around Y2K and
funddamental change will lead to attempts of various
people/organizations to centralize energy flows or whether we shall be
wise enough to set up decentralized/chaordic structures.
Caspar Davis:
Rifkin seems to want to bring the volunteer sector into the market
economy. I think we need to free people from the market so that they
can get on with the real work that needs to be done. This is largely
what happened in aboriginal and even medieval society. It took much
less than
At 07:13 AM 11/21/98 -1000, Jay Hanson wrote:
http://www.cascadepolicy.org/dee_hock
"By Chaord, I mean any self-organizing, adaptive, nonlinear, complex
community or system, whether physical, biological or social, the behavior of
which exhibits characteristics of both order and chaos. Or, more
Robert wrote:
I'd like to ask you all for your visions for the development of the
regular amount of working hours in the next 5, 10, 20 years!
Thomas:
It will depend on subsistence. If we become owners of intelligent robots,
we may evolve into a non working environment, the best of the
Brian,
Agreed. I'm currently reading Thomas Mann's _Joseph and his Brothers_.
Tom, we could have some fun here finding the oldest comments on these
matters. I was working with a student yesterday; we were finding
contemporary situations similar to those describe by some of the prophets
in the
Victor,
I wanted to respond to your message. I think that there is a much broader
movement underway that just that a machine eliminates a job. Technology
has also eliminated the concept of permanent, full-time employment with
full benefits, security and the expectation of raises, increased
