It reminds me of a few other times. -Ancient Greece when they discovered slavery and wondered what the effects of different cultures in the home would be.
-1515 when the gold from the new world began to flood Europe and create almost everything that we consider important today as a result of the pillage. A completely new identity emerged in Europe with a blossoming of arts and culture in every nook and cranny. I trace my teachers and can go back no further than the 16th century. They even call that "pre-prosperity time", the dark ages that opened into the Age of Enlightened genocide, rape and pillage. Yes it did change Europe and lead to a century of carnage in the 20th century. Hundreds of millions dead but it all began here with 100 million dead. History is just history. You can't change it but you can understand cause and effect. - We already live in two rooms and have four companies that we keep afloat. I don't really have to ever leave the house if my body would hold up. I've been living much of the life described in the NYTimes for the past fifteen years since I've been on the FW list. -The only thing I have to say is that old age is shit. They will have to deal with that. REH -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of michael gurstein Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 11:11 PM To: 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION' Subject: [Futurework] study-says-technology-could-transform-society http://www.nytimes.com/1982/06/14/us/study-says-technology-could-transform-s ociety.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
