On Wed, 2003-02-05 at 12:09, Pigeon wrote: > On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 11:35:20PM -0500, David P James wrote: > > Brooks R. Robinson wrote: [snip] > What do you think of the Culture economy? All work is done by > machines, which are designed to work properly and last for millennia - > fully upgradeable, of course. So no-one has to worry about going > hungry or any other physical need, or want. The Luddites never saw > this far ahead. For all our technology, we're still Luddites today.
That would be *the*worst* plan, as shown by the multiple generations of the same families on welfare. They have not bettered themselves. Also, look at the "old money" rich, who don't have to work. The Kennedys and the DuPonts aren't paragons of moral virtue... -- +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://members.cox.net/ ron.l.johnson | | | | "For me and windows it became a matter of easy to start | | with, and becoming increasingly difficult to be produc- | | tive as time went on, and if something went wrong very | | difficult to fix, compared to linux's large over head | | setting up and learning the system with ease of use and | | the increase in productivity becoming larger the longer I | | use the system." | | Rohan Nicholls , The Netherlands | +------------------------------------------------------------+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
