Exploring the idea of the culture as either lazy or industrious -
So yeah, of course, industrious, I mean look at it. Look at all the activity, all the weight being hauled every day. How much of how many things around us is transformed by what we do.
Except look at what laziness is, how it works and what its signs are.
It isn't about being unwilling to expend energy, in fact the opposite of laziness is precisely about not expending more energy than we have to. Being organized, taking care of things, doing chores in a timely fashion, maintaining tools and equipment. All those practices conserve energy.
It's the goal of the responsible non-lazy person - to not expend more energy than necessary to get things done.
Laziness, on the other hand is all about instant gratification, not doing hard things, putting off the demands of necessity as long as possible, shirking responsibility.
In fact, as I went along thinking about it every symptom of laziness I could think of fit the culture around me like a description pulled from a brochure.
