I do think jobs [meaningful jobs to the individual] are sorta obsolete. In the ideal society the person does what the person was born to do, by nature. The musician makes music cause he was born to make music, the film maker makes a film, the shoemaker makes a shoe. The US has gone down the path of obsessing on the money. So become rich automating a shoe factory while retaining no love for your original passion…spending your day making a great custom shoe. Or the nuking of the music industry for free crappy mp3s and now a musician can’t living making music. Or the nuking of the food industry to be cheaper faster etc, and now the farmer that loved DOING the farming can no longer keep doing it. GPD, check. But now what do people do with their existence?
purealpha Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I do think jobs are sorta obsolete. > > In the ideal society the person does what the > person was born to do, by nature. The musician > makes music cause he was born to make music, the > film maker makes a film, the shoemaker makes a > shoe. The US has gone down the path of obsessing > on the money. So become rich automating a shoe > factory while retaining no love for your original > passion…spending your day making a great custom > shoe. Or the nuking of the music industry for > free crappy mp3s and now a musician can’t living > making music. Or the nuking of the food industry > to be cheaper faster etc, and now the farmer that > loved DOING the farming can no longer keep doing > it. > > GPD, check. But now what do people do with their > existence? Good points. Though did anyone really love making shoes? Or padding music industry companies’ fat profits by paying for a full record/CD when they only wanted one great song? Or preparing food? I don’t think many people love farming, it is just a living. I see the other side of the argument in many of these examples. In an ideal world all menial tasks could be automated and people could focus on their “calling”: entertainer, chef, architect, acting, athletics, etc. Definitely not an easy problem to solve.
Dwight Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > purealpha Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > I do think jobs are sorta obsolete. > > > > In the ideal society the person does what the > > person was born to do, by nature. The musician > > makes music cause he was born to make music, > the > > film maker makes a film, the shoemaker makes a > > shoe. The US has gone down the path of > obsessing > > on the money. So become rich automating a shoe > > factory while retaining no love for your > original > > passion…spending your day making a great > custom > > shoe. Or the nuking of the music industry for > > free crappy mp3s and now a musician can’t > living > > making music. Or the nuking of the food > industry > > to be cheaper faster etc, and now the farmer > that > > loved DOING the farming can no longer keep > doing > > it. > > > > GPD, check. But now what do people do with > their > > existence? > > > Good points. Though did anyone really love making > shoes? Or padding music industry companies’ fat > profits by paying for a full record/CD when they > only wanted one great song? Or preparing food? I > don’t think many people love farming, it is just a > living. > > I see the other side of the argument in many of > these examples. In an ideal world all menial > tasks could be automated and people could focus on > their “calling”: entertainer, chef, architect, > acting, athletics, etc. > > Definitely not an easy problem to solve. Grew up on a farm, most farmers actually do love it.
I’m a country boy as well, and I have to say that commercial farming is very, very hard. If you choose it you may like it, but if you’re born into it it’s likely you’ll hate it. It I hear one other hipster tell me they want to be a farmer I’ll puke. I want to say “No, you want to be a gardener.”
Black Swan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Grew up on a farm, most farmers actually do love > it. Why didn’t you stay then?
Black Swan, Did most of your friends have their first sexual experiences with animals as I read in a book once in junior high?
brain_wash_your_face Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It I hear one other hipster tell me they want to > be a farmer I’ll puke. I want to say “No, you > want to be a gardener.” ROFL. BChad excellent posts. Great addition to the article.
I don’t know why I see the world gradually moving towards the bottom layer of Mashlow’s pyramid while desires to be in the top layer spreading like wildfire.