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Old 07-16-2018, 08:26 PM
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Originally Posted by donquixote99 View Post
Have you ever seen the little 'mathematical' exploration of the implications of this famous pair of equations?

1.Time is money
2. Money is power

With the addition of a third equation:

3. Power is work over time

a number of interesting conclusions can be drawn using only simple algebra.

(Application of the engineering concept of efficiency to the time value of money is, I think, mathematics of the same sort.)
That's interesting in an anecdotal kind of way. I don't know if I am using the word anecdotal properly. Better words might be bumper sticker or meme.

I have no problem with rich people. In fact I see rich people as best situated to make good. My employee mindset wants to help rich people stay that way with a simple caveat: that they are aware of the nuanced nature of making messes versus making things with enduring beauty that employee-minded people like me want to maintain. That caveat fits into the space of writing goals, which is a craft that I think corporations, if they want to be part of a solution instead of a problem, need to perfect.

Small businesses, say sole proprietorships, do not have to deal with goals that amplify beauty and messes. Instead they deal in the calm time and spaces of maintenance of their associated communities. That is why we like our family owned hardware stores, diners, shoe repair shops, and the like. It pains those proprietors to no end when they lose customers to the likes of malls and struggle to survive. When I worked in a shoe repair shop a common apology from a returning customer was that they sought cheaper service in the mall and all they got was a super-glued shoe. They did not get new leather, sewing, polish, and shoes that they wanted to wear for another year. Their hearts taught them that they wanted Angelo and Ed at Utica Shoe Repair.

Smack in the middle of that story is a contrast between leaders that own malls and leaders that continually govern communities. All of those leaders are wealthy in a global sense of wealth, but which of those leaders is working smarter at massaging bricks and mortar into something that we all want to live in? I don't think that a bumper-sticker/mathematical/anecdote splits the hair fine enough for civil discussion.

Case in point. In the work space of Utica Shoe repair we discussed the professions of customers that were the most profitable. The two that rose to the top were car salesmen and horse people. Car salesman need to look good and walk on pavement a lot. They wear out their shoes while walking to sell an alternative to walking. Horse people wear out their shoes by walking in shit that dissolves their shoes as they seek an alternative to walking.

Meanwhile Lakeside Mall, which was our business nemesis, tried to be a good corporate citizen in our neighborhood by opening its doors early for mall walkers.

Walkable communities are a common goal for all rich and their employees. We all benefit from walking among each other. Given that, I think a more beneficial discussion might be how far do we like to walk each day and what do we like to be around as we walk that limited distance vs a bumper sticker reduction of the labors of rich vs poor.

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