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From: shebs@bcsaic.UUCP (stan shebs)
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Subject: Re: Rampant misinterpretation on the net (so what else is new?)
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Date: Tue, 16-Jul-85 16:38:09 EDT
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In article <11494@brl-tgr.ARPA> wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) writes:

>Your job is NOT your life. It doesn't matter, really, what job you hold,
>as long as it pays enough to fulfill your requirements and isn't too
>unpleasant to endure for the time you have to spend at it. 

Speak for yourself.

>It is nice if
>you can have an enjoyable job, but you must remember that such is an
>anomaly in human history; only recently did such a concept arise.

Let's not mangle our history - for most of history people usually didn't
have "jobs" as such.  Almost everybody was a farmer or shepherd or some
such.  I can't believe that everyone hated the work of farming either -
even today there are many who rather farm than anything else (despite
the unprofitability and other problems).

As for jobs not being "enjoyable", what are we to make of the boys who
ran away to sea, never to come back, even when they had opportunities?
What about artists and craftsmen (that weren't in a guild or caste)?
Did they have to pursue their work, when merchanting would have paid
much better?  There have always been people who've been pleasantly
surprised to find out that they can make a living at something they're
willing to do for free!

Read Toffler's "The Third Wave" for some good insights on the possible
relationships between work and jobs...

							stan shebs