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To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (149552)	5/29/2001 11:19:10 PM
From: SecularBull	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Zen/Idealist Wisdom RE: The Dead Horse The tribal wisdom of the Dakota Indians, passed on from generation to generation, says that, "When you discover that you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount." However, in modern government, a whole range of far more advanced strategies are often employed such as: 1. Buying a stronger whip. 2. Changing Riders. 3. Threatening the horse with termination. 4. Appointing a committee to study the horse. 5. Arranging to visit other countries to see how other cultures ride dead horses. 6. Lowering the standards so that dead horses can be included. 7. Reclassifying the dead horse as "living impaired." 8. Hiring outside contractors to ride the dead horse. 9. Harnessing several dead horses together to increase speed. 10. Providing additional funding and/or training to increase the dead horse's performance. 11. Doing a productivity study to see if lighter riders would improve the dead horse's performance. 12. Declaring that as the dead horse does not have to be fed, it is less costly, carries lower overhead, and therefore contributes substantially more to the bottom line of the economy than do some other horses. 13. Rewriting the expected performance requirements for all horses. 14. Promoting the dead horse to a supervisory position.

To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (149552)	5/30/2001 2:05:55 AM
From: ZenWarrior	Respond to of 769670

You fail to comprehend the significance of this phrase you noted: *"labor saving devices"* I don't question the importance of technology to our overall economy in the least. In fact I'm about the biggest proponent of technology you could ever meet. However, in order for technology to meet its true potential, it must be available to all people, and workers/labor must meet the increased demand on technology creation/innovation. Otherwise, just what job can a person find in a techno-centric world?? How will people make money when everything is ran by robotics unless they first get a technology-based education? We have moved from a world of simple farming and hunting to a world of great complexity. - Zen