https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/5.aspxenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/160254.aspxSat, 30 May 2009 23:15:58 GMT944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:160254Sage0https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/160254.aspxhttps://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=5&PostID=160254<p>Has anyone written a refutation of <a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/End-Work-Jeremy-Rifkin/dp/1585423130">Jeremy Rifkin&#39;s thesis</a> about technological progress creating a workerless economy?</p> <p>It sounds like he&#39;s falling into the ecognorant fallacy that labor is valuable in and of itself. In reality, it is the <i>fruits </i>of labor that are valuable.</p> <p>Personally, I would look forward to a four hour workweek and retirement at twenty.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>