The purpose of machines is to do work so we don’t have to, correct? This makes sense logically, but as technology advances we find ourselves working more. In truth, we could meet our basic needs working a few hours a day. Most people don’t like working, so why does this culture of overwork persist? Why is work glorified and leisure deemed wasteful and immoral?
Nobel Prize winning philosopher Bertrand Russell answers these questions and pleads for reform in his remarkable essay, In Praise of Idleness. Russell’s writing style is superb. He makes his case with logic and historic examples. Whether you agree or not, this essay will make you reexamine work and its role in your life.
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I hope in the future we get to purchase a robot that will do our work for us. Think about that. You can travel the world while your robot does your job.
That sounds good Alex, unfortunately it seems more likely your employer will purchase a robot and put you out of work.
Well i was thinking of something were theres no employer. Every one has their own share of things.
Yeah that would be the ideal situation. Also, I read your post on the real estate guy, pretty funny he got banned from Adsense.
I disagree to the point that we make smart machines so wen be lazy…We make machines smart so we can do other smarter things.There is no point for wasting time to digg with hammer when a powerfull machine can do it.We better look wether the place we dig is right or wrong