*The Paradox of Leisure* In large part, the history of technology is the history of labor-saving devices. A diesel backhoe can do the work of five hundred men with shovels. A bulldozer can do the work of five hundred lumberjacks with axes. A computer can do the work of five hundred old-time accountants with pens and paper. After centuries of technological advances, why do we find ourselves working just as much as ever? Why do most people on earth still live in a daily experience of scarcity? For centuries, futurists have predicted an imminent age of leisure. Why has it never happened?
* * *This is the opening paragraph in Chapter 14 of 'Sacred Economics' by Charles Eisenstein.* *at *http://sacred-economics.com/read-online/ The book is online for the reading, hard copy can be purchased as well. He states 'the crisis we have today won't go away', --- bummer, lets hope the book's 24 chapters have a solid plan to come out on the other end. Here's a quick overview in a 12 min video on the book by the author Sacred Economics with Charles Eisenstein - A Short Film<http://vimeo.com/36843721> Finally, Charles speaking at OWS<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldeqY6O0LV0> *10:32 'we've reached the point where there is not much more nature to convert to money and a point where there is not much more community that we can convert into services, therefore in order to keep the debt growing we have to take more and more of what people already have and that is not sustainable either.'* I suggest starting at the 9 min point in the OWS video to get a flavor, then return to the start if desired. ed * * [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:la...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/laamn@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: laamn-dig...@yahoogroups.com laamn-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: laamn-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
