"People seek to satisfy their desires with the least exertion." --- Or how Classical Economics begin.
Harry -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Kurtz Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 6:50 AM To: Futurework Subject: [Futurework] Conservative take: EU A coalition of irresponsibility There is a predisposition to conserve calories - offload work/effort onto machines, draft animals, other people. Survival and reproduction favored conserving extra food, fuel, water (yes, in caves) and saving ones energy/strength. Those who had insufficient reserves had decreased chances of passing genes fwd. As surpluses of food from agriculture permitted leisure, the game changed. The hierarchy of hunter/protector did (as Chris thinks) branch out into warlords, landlords, traders, politicians... ======================================= Please: this is not my exact position. It is a conservative pundit. Steve http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/14/AR2010051404 279.html _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
