as it applies to our current economic woes. By working from home and not putting our hands on products we make or monitor,
my blacksmith agrees
we become so detached from the work-a-day world our older generation and generations before had to do, that we lose sight of who we are.
And we are: a nation of commuters
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work from home jobs can be done by overseas companies
Press [x] to doubt x If that were feasible, most local businesses would hire white collar employees as shift workers before or in parallel with offshoring. Why else would commercial real estate spend over half its service life idle?
very easily if that's what you want. I personally, think it's a sign of future degradation of our willingness to get our hands dirty and learn by doing
My neighbor's kid got his hands dirty playing outside the other day. He (the kid) is the most successful person in our neighborhood. I hope he looks down on the rest of us, it would really help our property values.
rather than pushing buttons on a keyboard.
And clicking "submit"
Sure, a lot of our daily tasks are done with a computer, but that's not the same thing.
Which is why all your trades are executed in person, just like the old days.