Chris and Pete, please DO pay attention to On 2/21/06, David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The mantra of artificial inefficiency by forced reinvention of the > wheel is nothing that aids progress: it merely supports stagnation, at > the same time burning through our natural resources at appalling rates > for the sake of sustaining the illusion of progress. > > In the last century or so, the productivity of a worker in > industrialized countries has increased more than a hundredfold, the > average work time has dropped to about half. The missing factor of 50 > is mostly smoke and mirrors: people mostly do nonsensical tasks, aim > for nonsensical goals, fight for nonsensical stuff.
Regards, Dmitry.
