5/29/2002: Spidering American culture

warch · 05-31-2002, 02:49 PM

" let's say that guy lives in a low-tech country. Maybe he's a candlemaker (hypothetically). Now, isn't he more useful to society working in a factory or in an office?"

No. You've obviously never seen or used his candles.

"Sure, it's cool and all that he wastes his time on something that can be mass-produced, but he's not being as useful as he should be."

Eeek! You think making things by hand is a "cool" waste of time? There is no other value than time? I would hope our guy has the freedom to choose an occupation/calling. Our guy might come up with a way to contribute or be useful to society that no one else has ever conceived of. It would be a scarey world to deny him that.

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05-31-2002, 02:49 PM	#17
warch lurkin old school Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,796	" let's say that guy lives in a low-tech country. Maybe he's a candlemaker (hypothetically). Now, isn't he more useful to society working in a factory or in an office?" No. You've obviously never seen or used his candles. "Sure, it's cool and all that he wastes his time on something that can be mass-produced, but he's not being as useful as he should be." Eeek! You think making things by hand is a "cool" waste of time? There is no other value than time? I would hope our guy has the freedom to choose an occupation/calling. Our guy might come up with a way to contribute or be useful to society that no one else has ever conceived of. It would be a scarey world to deny him that.

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