Good posting, Natalia. Thanks. When I rejoined the list a few weeks ago, I
didn't quite know what to expect. I have to admit that I was disappointed.
There were very few people still on the list and nobody seemed to be interested
in the changing nature of work, a very important topic in these times. A few
years ago, when the list was at its hottest, I was told by a friend who teaches
at the University of Waterloo that his students and many others read the list
regularly and discussed the postings. I don't know if that's happened over the
past few years, but I rather doubt it.
Frankly, I don't care what people post to the list. It's not moderated (I
believe) and therefore wide open. However, I personally would like to see it
more on topic and I'm resolved to try to get it back to where it once was,
which is why I've been posting gloomy stuff on the changing nature of the auto
industry and the increasingly globablized world of work in general.
Regards, Ed
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From: Darryl or Natalia
To: Cordell, Arthur: ECOM
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 6:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Futurework] This list
Cordell, Arthur: ECOM wrote:
Harry,
Please stick around. And please keep posting. The list needs you and
perhaps you also need the list.
arthur
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Arthur,
Of all the responses you and others have posted about this list, this one is
by far the best.
Though Mike's posting was honest in one respect in that Harry is expert at
pushing buttons, exclusion of anyone, including individuals who present
opposing or questionable views, is suicidal of this list. We like to think
ourselves capable of proposing future solutions without recognition that
solutions must be good for the whole as well as the individual to be sound.
Many on this list are involved in serious negotiations which would soon
flounder without vital inclusion. Tempers have been expressed by almost
everyone regularly contributing to this list, even calmest of the bunch,
instigator Harry. Yet, one should be asking, what avenues of learning have
opposing views afforded us, and the instigators in turn by our responses?
Intolerance of others different from ourselves is the reason for enmity. The
reason we are justified to go to war and take others' resources for ourselves.
And with enmity we sever a part of ourselves, as though any part of humanity is
expendable.
If we can't learn to be tolerant within this academic circle, what hope is
there for larger numbers?
If you have felt disappointment over the conversations, change them. Take
responsibility. I think one of the problems lie within members' self determined
restrictions of what topics are suitable. Neither Arthur nor Sally have ever
wished that FutureWork be solely a forum for economics gurus. Work arises out
of needs and wants alike, and balancing these against a sustainable future
presents a challenging forum indeed. This list, despite what it may appear at
this moment of a "family quarrel", has evolved, as it should well do to
survive. Future work is not just about the latest news in the work world. It
must grow, look at the bigger picture, present and future, evolve into
something no one could have predicted. We've lost some wonderful list members
for the short while, and gained some too. This list would never have attracted
me without R.E.H.'s wisdom to look at what society's real issues are, nor
without Brad's brilliantly different observations, nor Keith's talent and
enthusiasm for, not so much economics, as for life itself. As with any family,
we have to grieve over losses, then accept them. Some folks most wonderfully
resurrect themselves with good timing, but others have to move on, for health
or time factors. That's life. And so is evolution.
In gratitude for each and every one of you,
Natalia
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