Why not let the machine do the work and the men go and do something else. But presently the question arises, what else are they to do? Supposedly they are set free from “work” in order that they may do something which is not “work.” But what is work and what is not work? Is it work to dig, to carpenter, to plant trees, to fell trees, to ride, to fish, to hunt, to feed chickens, to play the piano, to take photographs, to build a house, to cook, to sew, to trim hats, to mend motor bicycles? All of these things are work to somebody, and all of them are play to somebody. There are in fact very few
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I absolutely loved this idea. This whole section really reminded me of the sort of "maker" culture
