Been reading the
book extract from "how to be idle". Some nice points made in the
extract.
It is your patriotic duty to work hard - another
myth, particularly convenient to the rich who, as Bertrand Russell
said, "preach the dignity of labour, while taking care themselves to
remain undignified in this respect". Or as the late, great British
writer Jeffrey Bernard put it: "As if there was something romantic and
glamorous about hard work ... if there was something romantic about
it, the Duke of Westminster would be digging his own fucking garden,
wouldn't he?"
The process of sitting or laying down and thinking something
through always seems a bit strange to my family and a few of my
colleagues. Physical activity does not necessarily translates to more
productivity, and especially for programmers. I always distrust
someone who immediately starts coding after hearing a project's
specification.
