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Thread #114491 Message #2443216
Posted By: CarolC
17-Sep-08 - 01:26 PM
Thread Name: BS: Looking at the positives - a different take
Subject: RE: BS: Looking at the positives - a different take
But I think that what happens is that as people wake up, the scales fall from their eyes and they simply see a new way of doing things, and then they start doing things the new way.
I see a lot of that sort of thing happening.
We've been told that the reason capitalism is the best of all of the economic systems is because of incentive. The incentive of having some control over one's destiny and fortunes is what increases their productivity and the quality of their work. But we can see, when we look at the quality of the work coming out of Microsoft, for instance, as compared to the quality of the work that people are doing on freeware, the incentive that is provided by the prospect of material gain is not nearly as strong as the incentive that is provided when people are motivated by personal satisfaction in the work they're doing.
I think this will continue to increase and will, ultimately, revolutionize how our economic system is set up, and as this happens, people will simply discard what doesn't work any longer, and embrace what does work.