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1、WorkincorporateAmerica1Itisnotsurprisingthatmodernchildrentendtolookblankanddispiritedwheninformedthattheywillsomedayhaveto"gotoworkandmakealiving".TheproblemisthattheycannotvisualizewhatworkisincorporateAmerica.2Notsolongago,whenaparentsaidhewasofftowork,thech
2、ildknewverywellwhatwasabouttohappen.Hisparentwasgoingtomakesomethingorfixsomething.Theparentcouldtakehisoffspringtohisplaceofbusinessandlethimwatchwhileherepairedabuggyorbuiltatable.3Whenachildasked,"Whatkindofworkdoyoudo,Daddy?"hisfathercouldanswerintermsthata
3、childcouldcometogripswith,suchas"Ifixsteamengines"or"Imakehorsecollars".4Well,afewfathersstillfixsteamenginesandbuildtables,butmostdonot.Nowadays,mostfatherssitinglassbuildingsdoingthingsthatareabsolutelyincomprehensibletochildren.Theanswerstheygivewhenasked,"W
4、hatkindofworkdoyoudo,Daddy?"arelikelytobeutterlymystifyingtoachild.5"Isellspace.""Idomarketresearch.""Iamadataprocessor.""Iaminpublicrelations.""Iamasystemsanalyst."Suchexplanationsmustseemnonsensetoachild.Howcanhepossiblyenvisionanyoneanalyzingasystemorresearc
5、hingamarket?6Evengrownmenwhodomarketresearchhavetroublevisualizingwhatapublicrelationsmandoeswithhisday,anditisasafebetthattheaveragesystemsanalystisasbaffledaboutwhataspacesalesmandoesattheshopastheaveragespacesalesmanisaboutthetoolsneededtoanalyzeasystem.7Int
6、hecommoneverydayjob,nothingismadeanymore.Thingsarenowmadebymachines.Verylittleisrepaired.Themachinesthatmakethingsmaketheminsuchafashionthattheywillquicklyfallapartinsuchawaythatrepairswillbeprohibitivelyexpensive.Thusthebuyerisencouragedtothrowthethingawayandb
7、uyanewone.Ineffect,themachinesaremakingjunk.8Thehandfulofpeopleremotelyassociatedwiththesemachinescan,ofcourse,telltheirinquisitivechildren"Daddymakesjunk".Mostoftheworkforce,however,istooremotefromjunkproductiontosenseanycontributiontotheindustry.Whatdothesepe
8、opledo?9Considerthetypical12-storyglassbuildinginthetypicalAmericancity.Nothingisbeingmadeinthisbuildingandnothingisbeingrepaired,includingthebuildingitself.Constructedasapi
