Hi all,
Sender: Dennis Paull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
How do we value things and the people who make them?
If I create a thing of beauty ( a device, painting, park, poem, music,
building, playground, etc.) and a million people enjoy it, but only one
person chooses to buy it, what is its value? Does only the person who
places a price on it determine its value?
Where in our economic system are personal efforts given value? Why can't
we place a value on caring for an ill relative or a newborn child or a
wild animal.
There are many in our communities that just don't 'fit in' to the
coming 'New World Order'. What shall become of them?
................ dennis paull
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[Brad McCormick wrote..]
>Jack Cole wrote:
>>
>> Dennis Paull (automation engineer) wrote:> >
>> > I agree that management normally wins. But my concern is for those,
>> > who for whatever reason, do not want to be, or are unable to be,
>> > 'knowledge' workers.
>> >
>> Right on, Dennis! I've often thought that an initiative to redefine
>> "Profit" as rewards for economic activity that benefits humanity as well
>> as the added value to products of services. It seems as though the
>> "limited resources" mindset sets up a zero-sum game, where the lessons of
>> fifty years of information work seem to indicate that value can be
>> continuously created, since there is no geophysical limitation on the
>> basic raw materials for THAT.
>
>*A* comment (i.e., a contribution meant to shed light on part of
>the problem, not to set limits to the discussion):
>
>I am reminded of the story of the young engineer who went to
>work for Boeing and was assigned to design a certain part. The
>young engineer had lots of schooling but no experience. He designed
>his part and handed his design to the machinists who dutifully
>produced what the design specified. The part was perfect -- except
>it was an order of magnitude *too large*.
>
>If we are going to have a society of "knowledge workers", they
>need also to have *educated hands*, so that they make things that
>make sense as well as being "logical" (etc.). Of course there's
>a lot more I could say in the direction of this little story,
>should anyone with to pursue this issue....
>
>\brad mccormick
>
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