Purpose is an interesting one – and it is really just a fact of life. Tbh, the song Father and Son by Cat Steven’s offers a nice indication of the fact that purpose is something we have to discover through experience, and how fraught it can be trying to target such a thing.

The novel isn’t interesting, but hopefully one day it will be done! Once I have a draft, I will put it on the blog for people to make fun of and grammar check 😉

Paul’s focus on what a job is has to be given a bit of context – people often report on “how many jobs” something will make, when that is only a loose relation to the social value that comes from it. By indicating that there is a cost to working, Paul is trying to point out where this logic is a bit off, which is good!

Essentially, many people are confusing jobs with the goods and services you can purchase when in employment – and Paul is saying, hold up a second this isn’t quite right!

The fact is that, when it comes to social interaction and social activities, we don’t know what would evolve in “works place” if suddenly no labour input was required. Now, a world where no labour input is “required” also doesn’t make much sense of itself – as we need an idea of how resources are distributed in such a world. Hence why the entire question becomes fraught. Interesting stuff!

I enjoy the hyphen as I don’t need to think about what I’m doing in sentences – given my limited mental capabilities this helps 🙂

I’m always feeling my age!

Ahh I didn’t think there was a real inconsistency between Paul and Chris’s ideas (which I was just trying to report on) – I think they fit into the same framework. There is just a series of costs and benefits I wouldn’t to list up in a jovial holiday fashion for labour day 🙂

Believe me, she knows. She teaches this stuff!

Do share more on your novel it sounds interesting!