“We should do away with the absolutely specious notion that everybody has to earn a living. It is a fact today that one in ten thousand of us can make a technological breakthrough capable of supporting all the rest. The youth of today are absolutely right in recognizing this nonsense of earning a living. We keep inventing jobs because of…
“We should do away with the absolutely specious notion that everybody has to earn a living. It is a fact today that one in ten thousand of us can make a technological breakthrough capable of supporting all the rest. The youth of today are absolutely right in recognizing this nonsense of earning a living. We keep inventing jobs because of this false idea that everybody has to be employed at some kind of drudgery because, according to Malthusian Darwinian theory he must justify his right to exist. So we have inspectors of inspectors and people making instruments for inspectors to inspect inspectors. The true business of people should be to go back to school and think about whatever it was they were thinking about before somebody came along and told them they had to earn a living.”
Kristen, Considering that Buckminster Fuller died in 1983 and that in 2022 42.5 million Americans (13.4%), in the richest nation in the history of the world, live below the poverty line—conditions I find immoral— I advise, in the interim, we seek more plausible remedies, for example, recognizing that capitalism, though a reasonably productive system, isn’t very good at distribution unless wedded to social democratic institutions which regulate and contain its excesses and moderate its self-serving impulses.
Kristin, I would like to share that there are many reasons why a person may choose not to work for a salary: maybe because they are able to financially survive through other means but I would like to add that working, even if a job is not enough for an individual to survive without assistance really can fill a great void.
Work itself has great value to the individual engaged in work that is necessary for the wellbeing and survival of self or family. Attitude has a lot to do with the individual. The ability to work with a team, other people who are part of a businessis online or inperson is of great benefit emotionally, and intellectually.
I agree that not everyone is able to work as we think of work for an income but we need to do all we are able to do as a caring nation to help everyone be encouraged to do something. This is work itself to care for and to encourage our fellow Americans who struggle with mental or physical issues . Work is a part of our make up as human beings. Everyone benefits from doing something...giving a smile, a touch of a hand, a sign, etc.
For those who desperately need assistance, we should always be there for our fellow man or woman but also if possible to find some means of employment or work. It is healthy!!! It is caring!!!
I agree with you completely, Emily. I’ve worked both for money, and worked for no money but for the satisfaction of helping people. If there was universal income, many of us could do a lot more to contribute to society instead of always worrying how one will survive.
“We should do away with the absolutely specious notion that everybody has to earn a living. It is a fact today that one in ten thousand of us can make a technological breakthrough capable of supporting all the rest. The youth of today are absolutely right in recognizing this nonsense of earning a living. We keep inventing jobs because of this false idea that everybody has to be employed at some kind of drudgery because, according to Malthusian Darwinian theory he must justify his right to exist. So we have inspectors of inspectors and people making instruments for inspectors to inspect inspectors. The true business of people should be to go back to school and think about whatever it was they were thinking about before somebody came along and told them they had to earn a living.”
― Buckminster Fuller
Kristen, Considering that Buckminster Fuller died in 1983 and that in 2022 42.5 million Americans (13.4%), in the richest nation in the history of the world, live below the poverty line—conditions I find immoral— I advise, in the interim, we seek more plausible remedies, for example, recognizing that capitalism, though a reasonably productive system, isn’t very good at distribution unless wedded to social democratic institutions which regulate and contain its excesses and moderate its self-serving impulses.
Kristin, I would like to share that there are many reasons why a person may choose not to work for a salary: maybe because they are able to financially survive through other means but I would like to add that working, even if a job is not enough for an individual to survive without assistance really can fill a great void.
Work itself has great value to the individual engaged in work that is necessary for the wellbeing and survival of self or family. Attitude has a lot to do with the individual. The ability to work with a team, other people who are part of a businessis online or inperson is of great benefit emotionally, and intellectually.
I agree that not everyone is able to work as we think of work for an income but we need to do all we are able to do as a caring nation to help everyone be encouraged to do something. This is work itself to care for and to encourage our fellow Americans who struggle with mental or physical issues . Work is a part of our make up as human beings. Everyone benefits from doing something...giving a smile, a touch of a hand, a sign, etc.
For those who desperately need assistance, we should always be there for our fellow man or woman but also if possible to find some means of employment or work. It is healthy!!! It is caring!!!
I agree with you completely, Emily. I’ve worked both for money, and worked for no money but for the satisfaction of helping people. If there was universal income, many of us could do a lot more to contribute to society instead of always worrying how one will survive.
Took me a while to warm up, but I liked Bucky