Sorry, but I cannot see the "freedom"
aspect. If you had to work in the tribe
because
a/ otherwise you'd starve/freeze etc. or
b/ your tribe would exclude you which
means certain death
that is not frredom, even if you are not
aware of the "choice" you are making.
People always attempted to make work enjoyable.
And some of it always is, such as enjoying
accomplishment/result or problemsolving itself.
Eva
>
> Thanks Eva, for creating the post that made me look up the meaning of this
> common word. The key words seem to be time and free with disposal,
> enjoyment and opportunity as the collaries. Leisure is taking that which is
> truly ours, the time of our lives and disposing of it in an enjoyable manner
> while following up the opportunities that arise from within us - our
> personal desires, talents and wants. I think this is the essence of
> Moravic's quote. That those from primitive lifestyles worked - yes to be
> sure - things of survival and pleasure need to be done, but it was done from
> the point of freedom - work is done at the direction of another, to their
> standards and needs. got to go.
>
> Respectfully,
>
> Thomas
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eva Durant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: list futurework <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: March 2, 1999 9:06 AM
> Subject: Re: Some thoughts on one of the threads
>
>
> >(Thomas:)
> >It was the last sentence that resonated within me. I have long felt that
> we
> >deny ourselves one of our birthrights - indolence and unemployment. I
> enjoy
> >immensely - doing little or nothing and I enjoy immensely - the pleasure of
> >following my impulses. Work and employment destroy those natural human
> >attributes and make them into leisure activities that can only be indulged
> >in after worshipping at the alter of employment. Biologically, I think we
> >are not workers, but livers of life. I for one, welcome a future of
> leisure
> >and indolence.
> >...........
> >
> >
> >I wonder what you mean by doing nothing.
> >Reading, arguing on the internet (education
> >and educating) used to be classified as work, even
> >if some people enjoyed it.
> >Some people get paid for doing physical
> >or mental exercise.
> >Spending time with your loved ones is part of
> >looking after their physical/mental well-being -
> >that is defined as work rhese days.
> >
> >I suppose sitting in front of the telly
> >without any communication to other humans
> >or snoozing under the sun in the garden
> >or just sleeping all the time counts as
> >doing nothing, but I haven't yet met people
> >who could do these exclusively.
> >
> >Eva
>
>
