Thursday, November 17, 2005

Benefits of Technology

Hmm, it's interesting to think about benefits of technology. People have no money because the people who own the machines and benefit from them are few and far between. They need others to "buy" the products the machines produce, but few people can, since they have nothing to trade.

But, shouldn't the people doing nothing be doing something else? It seems like having machines would free people up to pursue other things, coudn't they sell or trade these things? Shouldn't the free time give people more opportunity to be creative and entrepreneurial? Or is there too much fear? Perhaps our schooling system focuses too much on people who are good at following rules. When there are no clear rules, people don't know what to do.

See the quotation below:
Technology making things worse?
"Benefits Of Technology Thwarted By Our Attitude To Employment
