Comments on: Work Freedom Day http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/political-issues/work-freedom-day/ European Opinion Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:04:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Edward Hugh http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/political-issues/work-freedom-day/#comment-108 Edward Hugh Mon, 08 Sep 2003 22:05:03 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/wordpress/?p=16#comment-108 I take the point completely, in fact I'm a holiday fanatic, so much so that someone mailed me this summer to ask when I was going to get round to taking a holiday from my holidays. But on another level I've a problem. I've just been posting about Stephen Roach's love-hate relations with IT. Now Wozniac apparently reformulated Einstein to the effect that H=F(3) Happiness = Food, Fun, Friends Now the food part (following Maslow) seems to be work. So my question is, do we need a radical dichotomy between work and fun. And if we manage to get some sort of fusion (blogging, my work is much better because I blog, and I loooooooooove blogging) does this mean we are 'alienated' or 'liberated'. Anyone got any idea? I take the point completely, in fact I’m a holiday fanatic, so much so that someone mailed me this summer to ask when I was going to get round to taking a holiday from my holidays.

But on another level I’ve a problem. I’ve just been posting about Stephen Roach’s love-hate relations with IT. Now Wozniac apparently reformulated Einstein to the effect that H=F(3)

Happiness = Food, Fun, Friends

Now the food part (following Maslow) seems to be work. So my question is, do we need a radical dichotomy between work and fun. And if we manage to get some sort of fusion (blogging, my work is much better because I blog, and I loooooooooove blogging) does this mean we are ‘alienated’ or ‘liberated’. Anyone got any idea?

]]> By: Aidan Kehoe http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/political-issues/work-freedom-day/#comment-107 Aidan Kehoe Mon, 08 Sep 2003 20:59:41 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/wordpress/?p=16#comment-107 Great! Oh, and, re: the Life in Europe links to the left; Languagehat is a citizen of the US living in New York City, as far as I can work out. He should probably be moved to the section just below. (LH: no offence intended.) Great!

Oh, and, re: the Life in Europe links to the left; Languagehat is a citizen of the US living in New York City, as far as I can work out. He should probably be moved to the section just below.

(LH: no offence intended.)

]]> By: Nick Barlow http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/political-issues/work-freedom-day/#comment-106 Nick Barlow Mon, 08 Sep 2003 20:52:48 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/wordpress/?p=16#comment-106 It's by Matthew Turner - the name went missing because we've been changing a few settings. It's there now, though! It’s by Matthew Turner - the name went missing because we’ve been changing a few settings. It’s there now, though!

]]> By: Aidan Kehoe http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/political-issues/work-freedom-day/#comment-105 Aidan Kehoe Mon, 08 Sep 2003 20:48:57 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/wordpress/?p=16#comment-105 But who are you? But who are you?

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