tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post3165860628533430426..comments2023-09-21T09:49:28.326-07:00Comments on Fierce Dandelions: What is Productivity? Why Do So Many of Us "Need" to Be Productive? Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-7521897736437295582011-10-03T10:51:17.188-07:002011-10-03T10:51:17.188-07:00Capital values increasing productivity.
Yeah, tha...<i>Capital</i> values <i>increasing</i> productivity.<br /><br />Yeah, that's inherently unstable, but I didn't make up the economic system...Mumon Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01116967568502451788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-90034538821711024522011-10-02T14:25:33.927-07:002011-10-02T14:25:33.927-07:00I read the exchange you are referring to and felt ...I read the exchange you are referring to and felt like jumping in at several points but since they seemed to be close friends of yours felt it might be intrusive to do so. Glad you have posted about it here.<br /><br />Assorted thoughts.<br /><br />We are judged by what we produce. In a capitalist society value judgements are rooted in materialism. Those who produce a lot in terms of material NellaLouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07247769132258539996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-4753908354819291062011-10-02T13:26:27.909-07:002011-10-02T13:26:27.909-07:00Hui Tzu said to Chuang, "I have a big tree, t...Hui Tzu said to Chuang, "I have a big tree, the kind they call a "stinktree." The trunk is so distorted, so full of knots, no one can get a straight plank out of it. The branches are so crooked you cannot cut them up in any way that makes sense."<br /><br />"There it stands beside the road. No carpenter will even look at it. Such is your teaching - big and useless."<Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16251894326400488989noreply@blogger.com