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From: Ed Weick
(commenting on Challen)
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>WHY WORK
>( like all good work - unfinished )
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>Real work is mental or physical effort
>benefiting at once ourselves, others, and
>the delicate inter-dependence of the planet.
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Yes, yes, that is a very nice thought, and your poem is very nice too. If
only it could be that way. But we live in a rather nasty and brutish world
in which people are as likely to blow each or up as to cooperate.
Ed Weick
Cordell
I see 4 possible responses to Ed's comment.
1. Right. The world is nasty, brutish and short and I want my place on the
gravy train--where do I sign up for my MBA?
2. Right The world is nasty brutish and short and I find it appalling. I
find it so difficult to live in this sort of world that I will make it a
better place by working in my church and community alleviating pain through
prayer and good works.
3. Wrong. It doesn't have to be this way. In fact a radical and rapid
change to the existing order can bring about a better world. But revolutions
seem not to work and revolutionaries are usually dispatched before thery
have a chance to implement the changes.
4. Wrong. Humans have a host of genetic responses to situations. We have
over-empasized some at the expense of others. We have given undue weight
and emphasis to competition and getting ahead and have given decreasing
emphasis to cooperation and community. We need to restore balance.
Take your pick. Did I hear someone say 'values.'???
arthur cordell
