Quote from: ParrotyBit on October 11, 2011, 08:50:11 PM

Quote from: Immanuel Go on October 11, 2011, 08:05:29 PM

He'll be happier because he'll actually have other reasons to live besides shaping ground beef?

Meanwhile Mr. or Ms. 16 hours bides their time, saving and scrimping every cent. Eventually, robots are produced to flip burgers automatically. The grasshopper dies, the ant lives.

Mr 8 hours had the burger flipping knowledge AND the free time to invent the burger flipping robot. He sells his idea, becomes rich, and replaces Mr 16 hours's job. Too bad for Mr 16.

Quote from: ParrotyBit on October 11, 2011, 08:50:11 PM

Meanwhile Mr. or Ms. 16 hours bides their time, saving and scrimping every cent. They grow envious of 8's happiness and decide to buy a weapon with the money they've saved. No one stops them. The grasshopper dies, the ant lives.

Not sure how killing the poor, peniless, and lazy Mr 8 hours is going to make Mr 16 hours happier...

Quote from: ParrotyBit on October 11, 2011, 08:50:11 PM

Meanwhile Mr. or Ms. 16 hours bides their time, saving and scrimping every cent. 16 saves up enough money to be able to procure some means of production, and forms a burger company. BurgerB takes enough customers away from BurgerA so that the grasshopper gets laid off. The grasshopper dies, the ant lives.

Mr 8 hours has a lot of experience flipping burgers. If Mr 16 is building a competing burger business, he'll need a lot more Mr 8 hourses to hire for his place, too, including the already experienced one. Once BurgerA folds, the number of Mr 8 hourses just goes back to what it used to be, and if he was any good, Mr 8 just has a new employer.