I'm sitting here in my office at home...on my computer...with UPS, CD player, a mountain dew, cordless phone, computer games everywhere, a baby monitor, etc....
So many things that people don't need, but WANT. Or, shall i say, made to want. This might be a different topic, but it is related. What if everyone only worked enough to provide their families with food, shelter, and simple entertainment ? Do i really need a mountain dew? What good does a computer game do me? Lots of people have jobs making all of these luxuries...but if all the time/R&D/resources for these non-essential items were focused on life's basic needs we might all work 10hours a week, and be cancer/aids/sars free. Medicine sells though...(another topic)
It's a vicious circle. What would we do with all the free time? Some old cliche hits on this...idle time is the devil's workshop or something
Ironic though, i was a travelling technical consultant for Sirius computer solutions. Had no personal life, but made good $$. Great right? Not really. I dropped it all and now work as a mechanic. It is more gratuitious (spelling). Yet now i crave the extra $$ again....
What to do......sigh.