I guess people have forgotten the saying "speed kills"
Often, I think we see uses of words and images in 2 ways, one of which is legal, socially desirable, etc. and the other is illegal, reprehensible, etc. I hypothesize that this "dualism" has something to do with our dysfunctional social structures -- Freud might have called it "the return of the repressed", displacement, or something like that.
Speed (illegal drug) kills, but speed up of production is desirable, like you say.
Something that strikes me even more is all the stuff in Walt Disney and other children's movies, that otherwise would probably only appear in placs like LSD hallucinations. What's going on here?
And what about idioms like "to die for", referring to something very desirable?
But maybe all this is obvious....
Happy New Year all!
\brad mccormick
arthur
-----Original Message----- From: Brad McCormick, Ed.D. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 4:43 PM To: Cordell, Arthur: ECOM Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Futurework] RE: More high-flyers will be downshifting in 2004
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Keith,
Have you considered the possibility that as burnt out workers leave the "rat race", new frisky "rats" will enter to take their place. Maybe the "rat race" is something like professional sports: People can only perform optimally for a limited period of time. To be replaced by new entrants.
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But there is a difference betwen the 100 yard dash and an ultramarathon (anaerobic vs aerobic).
The rat race looks like an anaerobic ultramarathon. But then nobody -- or at least not IBM -- wants to change it. And, best of all, IBM tells us (as in "The multinationalcorporation doth protest too much!"), it's not rude!
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So it seems we can look forward to a new year in which IBM offshores jobs, politely -- what more could anyone ask for?
\brad mccormick
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Let your light so shine before men,
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