Hey... I'd rather work 60-70 hours a week developing software than spend
40-50 hours a week (though I think they generally pulled 12 hour shifts)
shovelling coal into a furnace. I may, at times, work long hours, but I'd
much, MUCH rather have my standard of living, or even that of a minimum wage
grocery clerk than have much of any kind of the manual labor intensive jobs
of 100+ years ago. "Work" is relative.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-extropians@extropy.org
[mailto:owner-extropians@extropy.org]On Behalf Of Harvey Newstrom
Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2000 9:08 PM
To: extropians@extropy.org
Subject: Re: High Technology of the Future
"Emlyn" <emlyn@one.net.au> wrote,
>Good points Harvey. I just have to quibble with this one...
>
>> 5. Free Time: We also work less time and have a lot of free time.
>> That is a major difference.
>
>Everything I've read says that we work more than ever, that the trend over
>time has been for the amount of hours people spend working to increase,
>rather relentlessly.
You are absolutely right. I think I blew it with this one. Even I
question this now that I think about it.
-- Harvey Newstrom <HarveyNewstrom.com>
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