Jack Cole wrote:
>
> Dennis Paull (automation engineer) wrote:> >
> > I agree that management normally wins. But my concern is for those,
> > who for whatever reason, do not want to be, or are unable to be,
> > 'knowledge' workers.
> >
> Right on, Dennis! I've often thought that an initiative to redefine
> "Profit" as rewards for economic activity that benefits humanity as well
> as the added value to products of services. It seems as though the
> "limited resources" mindset sets up a zero-sum game, where the lessons of
> fifty years of information work seem to indicate that value can be
> continuously created, since there is no geophysical limitation on the
> basic raw materials for THAT.
*A* comment (i.e., a contribution meant to shed light on part of
the problem, not to set limits to the discussion):
I am reminded of the story of the young engineer who went to
work for Boeing and was assigned to design a certain part. The
young engineer had lots of schooling but no experience. He designed
his part and handed his design to the machinists who dutifully
produced what the design specified. The part was perfect -- except
it was an order of magnitude *too large*.
If we are going to have a society of "knowledge workers", they
need also to have *educated hands*, so that they make things that
make sense as well as being "logical" (etc.). Of course there's
a lot more I could say in the direction of this little story,
should anyone with to pursue this issue....
\brad mccormick
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