RE: [Futurework] The world of work

[Cordell . Arthur]

All this emphasis on cleaning toilets would make Dr. Freud wonder about us.  As for me, my version of very unpleasant jobs is making out my tax returns.  My tax accountant cleans up my forms, scrubs like mad and is worth every penny I pay when she presents me with a clean, scrubbed form ready for my signature.    arthur -----Original Message----- From: Charles Brass [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 7:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Futurework] The world of work Ed responded to something I wrote about the work involved in cleaning toilets by noting that he would prefer to pay someone else to do his (and in fact has entered into what seems to be a mutually satisfying relationship to do just that).   Some might see this as elite, I don't.  I see it as pragmatic and, to the extent that it is mutually satisfying, entirely appropriate.   Modern society on the other hand enters into relationships to clean toilets which are not mutually satisfying - and that is a problem.   Some believe that it is inevitable that someone has to do the dirty work, and there will always be some underdog we can use for the purpose whether they like it or not.  I hope that is not true, and Ed Weick proves that in his personal case it doesn't need to be.   Can we not extrapolate this into a system which works for everyone?     Charles Brass Chairman the futures foundation PO Box 122 Fairfield  3078 Australia phone 61 3 9459 0244   the mission of the futures foundation is "...to engage all Australians in creating a better future..."