> Personally, I don't see a value in...[spending] more time watching TV or drinking beer, but if that is what you really want to do, fine ...
That's an entirely separate issue, isn't it?
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That's an entirely separate issue, isn't it?
Like Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and every hacker known to humanity?
> Could it possibly be that people work at different paces
People who are less efficient at a certain job may be in the wrong career... and we shouldn't hold others back because some are slower.
> They want prestige and the root of almost all forms of prestige is nostalgia.
There's something of the hazing cycle in this too. They suffered, so they glorify the suffering, and share it with others.
> (2) they're only "glory days" for people who get major, career-improving and permanent benefits from the work-- otherwise it's just managerial abuse
In other words, for most people, this is nothing but slavery.
Interesting.
And your life occurs where in that process?
Sounds like a path to being a droid.
That's contract to every hacker ethic I know.
On the other hand, they have job security that way.
I've seen the same thing, and encountered huge amounts of pushback from the same people.
If I automate, they no longer have 80 hours of work to do every week. How are they gonna get promoted then? By being competent or something?
That, like, never happens.
If something goes wrong and you were working 80-hour weeks, you can say, "We did everything possible and still the ship sank."
If you were out having fun most of the time and the ship sank, most of the people standing around are going to blame you for laziness and inattention.
Which tool? The tool who called the meeting? Har-har... I'm here all week.
But seriously, I think you make a good point. There's an equally good counterpoint, which is that most people can't do this well. Would training help? Or are some people congenitally boring and disorganized (the two are related, I think)?
We're all mortal. Even computers have a finite number of ticks on this earth. Time should not be jail-time, where you try to make it pass quickly, which feels like being dead already. It should be child-time, where you look forward to each second and are spent and saddened when it's over.
Glorify efficient results. And then, going out there and having a life, even if it's sitting home alone drinking tea and ready mystery novels.
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You're right, but so many times when this is brought up, the result is one of those "express your feelings on this topic" type assignments. A few of those bad apples ruin it for everyone.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/20/business/in-head-hunting-b...
However, I have seen some of the true hobos who are using it as an office, and taking up more than their share of space. It even happens at restaurants that will let you order only a coffee.
We seem to have a lack of public spaces in the USA. At least, public spaces that have wi-fi and power outlets which you don't have to rent by the hour.
Yes, where? You'd think they and the Ron Paul fans would be all over this.
It's all about how we allocate this labor, I guess. Paying everyone the same salary leads to underperformance, so we encourage competition. I'm sure there's a better way, but it probably won't be a total reversal, only a modification, of what we have.
There's a lot that cannot be quantified as well.
For example, some doctors I trust more than others because I think their diagnostic skills, empathy, listening skills and ability to absorb case knowledge are superior to the generalized level of their peers' abilities in the same area.
However, I wouldn't want someone to make an Excel spreadsheet with every patient's assessment of his/her doctor in the same way, since I think most patient's judgment skills will be on a similar standardized level that is below what I would need.
It's sort of like martial arts fighters. We can measure number of wins/losses at tournaments, but we can't assess how well they'd do when approaching an unknown situation with assailants who do not play by the rules.
Can you tell us more about this?
It sucks, but so do the cramped cities like SF and Manhattan. You can never get a moment's peace and contemplation, and they're even more crassly commercial than your average strip mall.
Why aren't we using binary file formats anymore?
XML is more easily debugged when the machine tools don't work.
It's also more accessible, more easily created and modified, and thus, more available to a wider range of people than just web design professionals.
Further, it's less user-explorable, which further distances the web from access by the everyday tinkerer as opposed to the professional with lots of time to explore.
Don't concentrate outrageous salaries in one urban area?
It could be a huge PR boost. EA games got some good mileage out of releasing their older titles like Tiberian Sun as freeware. Imagine if they unleashed them as open source, and thus made them into a learning tool (like a textbook) for future generations.