[extropy-chat] The end of work, the leisure society, and automation

[Mike Lorrey]

--- Spike <spike66 at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> Good thing too, eh?  The profitability of a worker goes up
> as that worker spends more time at the office, for a lot of
> reasons.  Much of the overhead associated with a worker, such
> as the health care benefits, only need to be paid once regardless
> of the amount of time spent. 

Have to wonder then why it is that hospitals specifically intentionally
structure employment to maximize the number of part time workers as
possible to avoid providing health care benefits to their health care
workers, such that most nurses can't afford their own health care...

> Furthermore, a worker who is always
> at the office tends to get more involved in the program, since
> that becomes her life.

Yes, as opposed to having an actual family, hobbies, etc. rather than
having ex-spouses and part time kids, activity interests that stay hung
on the wall and in the garage (hey, that boat maintains its value if
you never get a chance to use it...)


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Mike Lorrey
"Live Free or Die, Death is not the Worst of Evils."
                                       - Gen. John Stark
"Fascists are objectively pro-pacifist..."
                                       - Mike Lorrey
Do not label me, I am an ism of one...
Sado-Mikeyism: http://mikeysoft.zblogger.com

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