interrelations between economic boom and simple living

1999-07-10 Thread Robert Neunteufel
tions and / or contradictions between the economic boom and the simple living movement. With best wishes from Austria / Europe, Robert Neunteufel

working hours-visions

1998-11-21 Thread Robert Neunteufel
nd freedom." 1889: International conference in Paris: 8-8-8, 8 hours work, 8 hours leisure time, 8 hours sleep ! Bertrand Russell: we already had the "needle"-example - 4 hours workday! André Gorz, 1989: 20.000 hours of work in a lifetime What are our visions for the next 5, 10,

Time and Work

1998-05-09 Thread Robert Neunteufel
on that topic e.g. examples of shorter working time, the amount of overtime, stress on the workplace, flexibilization, the fight against sunday - work ... Any comment is welcome, with best wishes, Robert Neunteufel Association for Retardation of Time (ART) Address:Verein zur Verzoege

FW - Expertocracy?

1998-01-24 Thread Robert Neunteufel
power plant was not allowed to start operating and no new atomic power plants can be constructed. I am quite sceptic, that experts without the necessary responsibility can create a better future. How should those experts be educated and how can they be controlled? Robert Neunteufel

FW - No Future?

1997-11-15 Thread Robert Neunteufel
mankind and therefor no need for discussing the future of work. Robert Neunteufel

FW Unemployment and the economy

1997-11-07 Thread Robert Neunteufel
rried Leisure Class", 1970, Columbia University Press. Maybe a reduction of (industrial organized ) work and a better distribution of paid work could lead to a higher quality of life. Robert Neunteufel

FW - Obsessed with Work - questions

1997-11-02 Thread Robert Neunteufel
A few questions about obsession with work: - Are we living to work or are we working to live? - Are there any limits to work e.g. ecological limits or the limits of time (no time for using ever more products)? - Why are experts in the technically most advanced information business not using t