As the technology rolls through the economy, I think about Player Piano a lot.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Spencer Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 3:30 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Futurework] Re: Humanities? REH wrote: > 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. I must re-read Vonnegut's _Player Piano_. -- Michael Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada .~. /V\ [email protected] /( )\ http://home.tallships.ca/mspencer/ ^^-^^ _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
