Re: The Bill of Gates fallacy

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On Sat, 12 Feb 2000, Victor Milne wrote:

>   I think we should also be paid when we do the corporation's work for them--as in 
>self-serve gas stations, wading through voice menus, and the soon-to-come automated 
>supermarket checkout.


The supermarkets would argue that we already are paid because they pass on
part of their savings to us as lower prices -- which means we are
then supposed to buy MORE stuff so that the increased demand creates jobs
for the supermarket clerks that have been eliminated by the
self-service.


Tom Walker