Chapter 14

One comment I found rather controversial was the thought of the 48 week mundane job that people often get sick of and need to vacation to escape. Isn't this community doing the same job over and over as well? They grow the same crops, they hoe the same land, they have the same weekly chores over and over. Yes the work may happen to be outside or with neighbors, but it is a far longer workday than someone who works a 9-5. Also, if one of the morals of this story thus far has been when you are around friends and neighbors you forget that you are working, wouldn't the same principal apply in other communities? I know that is how I feel when I go to work so why do I have to live a technology free life in order to have the same affect? In addition I would speculate that one trades and makes sacrifices for the things that are important to them. If being able to work, without actually feeling like I was working was important to me then I would stay working as a manager at Blockbuster where things rarely change and all I do is count money and talk with employees. On the other hand if my personal goal are to motivate people in challenging situations, increase performance, and operate a highly forming group of people, this type of job would not be what I seek to be fulfilled. If one has no need for achievement this kind of lifestyle would work for them, but it would also work in a society that uses electric.