> Probably the answer is not in software itself, but in the creation of small businesses that rely on free software.
Yes, that is what I was trying to say.
Not using Open Source on principle is like creating "make work" just so people can keep their jobs. But all "make work" does is allocates resources inefficiently.
> over-education is a problem because of a failure to create enough suitable jobs.
I think we've wandered off the topic (my original reply about Open Source.).
> technology fails to boost wages
I find it odd they wrote a whole article on that, when the converse ("Lack of technology fails to boost wages") is equally true.
Even if wages are the same, what we can DO with those wages has already changed for the better. Even poor people in America have TVs, Air Conditioning, and the Internet (even if it's only at work or in a library). Anyone can call up a satellite map of the world, or have an entire encyclopedia at their fingertips. Only rich people could do that a generation ago.
Yes, that is what I was trying to say.
Not using Open Source on principle is like creating "make work" just so people can keep their jobs. But all "make work" does is allocates resources inefficiently.
> over-education is a problem because of a failure to create enough suitable jobs.
I think we've wandered off the topic (my original reply about Open Source.).
> technology fails to boost wages
I find it odd they wrote a whole article on that, when the converse ("Lack of technology fails to boost wages") is equally true.
Even if wages are the same, what we can DO with those wages has already changed for the better. Even poor people in America have TVs, Air Conditioning, and the Internet (even if it's only at work or in a library). Anyone can call up a satellite map of the world, or have an entire encyclopedia at their fingertips. Only rich people could do that a generation ago.