> I am preparing a talk on the growing domination of systems (social and > technical), and am hoping that one of you may know a bit about the > calculations that have been made of how many hours/day a person has to work > to live, compared to such levels in the past. Can anyone steer me in the > right direction?
Talking about systems, don't forget to consider the big local differences at the same time -- cf. e.g. the famous comparison of how many minutes of labor it takes to buy a hamburger or 1 kg of bread: http://www.welt.de/download/wirtschaft/bigmac_index_dw.jpg HTH, Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
