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<blockquote data-quote="Kiwi Pete" data-source="post: 7313082" data-attributes="member: 63856"><p>It's funny in some ways. Sad in others. </p><p></p><p>"Diversification" wasn't really needed in our grandparent's time because they had never really seen a need to become specialists (or had a government tell them to do that). </p><p>Therefore they didn't need hundreds of acres of land in order to have a comfortable life, tasks were simple enough that the kids could, and did. </p><p></p><p>Really it's a great example of "success leaves clues" because if you avoid all the hazardous parts of modern agriculture (stuff with wheels, labels, being a specialist) then it probably never really went away from being something that anyone can be a part of.</p><p></p><p>One of our checks is, "can a ten year old do this job" and if not, we try our best to discard that job in future. </p><p>As [USER=54]@JP1[/USER] said, "peasant" or "shepherd" are actually the more important jobs out there, again our experience here is showing the great flaw in looking down on people who want to do these important roles. </p><p>Only look down on someone if you're helping them up!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kiwi Pete, post: 7313082, member: 63856"] It's funny in some ways. Sad in others. "Diversification" wasn't really needed in our grandparent's time because they had never really seen a need to become specialists (or had a government tell them to do that). Therefore they didn't need hundreds of acres of land in order to have a comfortable life, tasks were simple enough that the kids could, and did. Really it's a great example of "success leaves clues" because if you avoid all the hazardous parts of modern agriculture (stuff with wheels, labels, being a specialist) then it probably never really went away from being something that anyone can be a part of. One of our checks is, "can a ten year old do this job" and if not, we try our best to discard that job in future. As [USER=54]@JP1[/USER] said, "peasant" or "shepherd" are actually the more important jobs out there, again our experience here is showing the great flaw in looking down on people who want to do these important roles. Only look down on someone if you're helping them up! [/QUOTE]
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