Fourier said that kids like to do dirty work.
On Sat, Dec 04, 2004 at 04:22:10PM -0000, Daniel Davies wrote: > it's a laudable aim to abolish the distinction between work and play, but I > don't really see how we're going to get the bogs cleaned, rats killed and > sewers unblocked under that sort of a business model. > > best > > dd > > -----Original Message----- > From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Devine, > James > Sent: 04 December 2004 16:07 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: "Your power is turning our darkness to dawn..." > > > Michael Perelman writes: > Tom, over and above the hours of work, how much have you thought about the > possibility of reducing the quantity of work within the working day & the > tradeoff > between the two. > > what about abolishing the distinction between work and play, so that all > "work" involves craft and creativity and is something one does voluntarily. > (Some of academic work is already that way, BTW.) > > Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://myweb.lmu.edu/jdevine -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
