When you look up the root meaning of jobs in etymology, it relates to temporary work. "On the job" is from 1882 the second industrial revolution.
The whole concept of work, jobs and the factory were evolving towards scale and simpler skills. The culmination was Henry Ford's "meditation." The Assembly Line. The idea of apprentice, journeyman and master that is a part of the great guilds and art works like Die Schoene Muellerin is not to be found in the evolution of jobs. So modern "jobs" meant a dumbing down for the purpose of removing the necessity for complicated skills and having lower pay. "productivity". For example the Steinway piano company was founded on individual craftsmanship and mastery. At one point they demanded that the piano craftsmen write everything down for a manual so that the company could own and control it. A Piano technician friend of mine had a father who was one of those craftsmen. He told me that the new workers were not as good and that the craftsmen refused to write everything down. Thus began the problem with intellectual capital in complex products that haunts us still in silicon valley down to the present. Scale education cannot be face to face. Scale education is now the rule with the exception of the Arts where the old skills are too complicated even for choirs. The Arts and scientific research requires face to face tutoring and careful management of the order of information with a guarantee of mastery before performance can be assured. (Is anyone else here addicted to "House"? ) The issue of complexity is an ongoing problem for economics which must guarantee that time lowers all complexity in order to create and economy of scale. Obviously all of those scans for diagnosis by House and company would be hopelessly expensive for scale on medical costs. The Arts, NASA and Medical diagnosis have proven the lie to the theory and therefore are incapable of productivity and continued payment to the practitioners commensurate with their skill level. It challenges the whole idea of work in the Western model. How long before someone catches on? :>)) "Please brer fox don't throw me in that briar patch!" REH From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nadia McLaren Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 1:57 AM To: RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION Subject: Re: [Futurework] Humanities? This reminded me of another good video on the future of education, particularly its current industrialized forms. Changing Education Paradigms Sir Ken Robinson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U Offers few answers but very good questions - and some dazzling visual capture. Nadia > Just thought this video might be another bellwether re: the devastation > of the educational system as it pertains to the future of work. Let's > keep the people dumb, cold and crass. What better soldiers could you ask > for. > > > > http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/7451115/ > > > Darryl > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
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