21 Feb
2006
21 Feb
'06
11:48 a.m.
Chris and Pete, please DO pay attention to
On 2/21/06, David Kastrup <dak(a)gnu.org> 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.