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Re:The Software Revolution by woodman on Monday February 16, 2015 @01:39PM (#9058388)
> I would certainly rather work and have my dignity...

I've never felt any pride in busy work, I've always found it to be insulting. I would have thought everybody felt the same way, but I guess I would have been wrong.

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Re:The Software Revolution by aaronem on Monday February 16, 2015 @01:48PM (#9058452)
Building a road isn't busywork; when it's done, there's a road where no road was before.
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Re:The Software Revolution by jjoonathan on Monday February 16, 2015 @01:57PM (#9058511)
It's busywork if a machine could do it faster, cheaper, and at comparable quality.
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