"People seek to satisfy their desires with the least exertion." Except the phrase is inherently contradictory. Seek is more exertion than not seek.
On 5/22/10, Harry Pollard <[email protected]> wrote: > "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 > -- Sandwichman _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
