“Benjamin Franklin and the whole idea of a new attitude to money: "Time is money." He invented that idea. Before that, time wasn't money in the same way; in the medieval age it was regarded as sinful for money to be the object of your life.” WayIdeasWholeAgeAttitudeObjectsMedievalFranklinTime Is MoneyNew Attitude Author:Tom Hodgkinson
“We have an idea that if something we're doing isn't actually earning money, or spending it, then it's completely worthless. But if you start to work less, you can actually start to give more to society, but on a local level.” IfsGivingIdeasLevelsSpendingLocalsEarningWorthlessEarning Money Author:Tom Hodgkinson
“The idea of a government is to create an ordered, willing work force where there's no trouble. I think idlers are generally seen as potentially dangerous because they're asking questions.” ThinkingIdeasGovernmentForceTroubleDangerousWillingAskingAsking QuestionsIdlers Author:Tom Hodgkinson
“I like the idea of becoming [fairly] good at lots of things rather than very good at just one thing. So it would be nice to be okay at the guitar or at the piano, a reasonable cook, perhaps able to fix your car or do some basic carpentry, and be able to write the odd article. Rather than being super good at one tiny thing, to be kind of average at lots of things. It might mean that you have a more kind of enjoyable, complete life.” WritingKindMeanIdeasMightWould BeAbleNiceOne ThingCarBecomingOkayGuitarVery GoodAverageTinyCooksOddPianoJust OneReasonableBe KindArticlesBeing NiceEnjoyableCarpentryTiny ThingsComplete Life Author:Tom Hodgkinson
“My idea of childcare at festivals is to sit at a trestle table with an ale while the kids run around and make up their own games.” IdeasRunningKidsGamesTablesFestivalsAleChildcare Author:Tom Hodgkinson
“As the son of a feminist mother, I grew up with the idea that work was a sort of salvation for women as it would give them freedom from the domestic grind. Now it seems work is a form of slavery, undertaken out of apparent compulsion rather than choice.” GivingIdeasSeemsFormMotherChoicesSonGrewGrew UpSlaverySalvationFeministCompulsionGrind Author:Tom Hodgkinson
“Truly, the bench is a boon to idlers. Whoever first came up with the idea is a genius: free public resting places where you can take time out from the bustle and brouhaha of the city, and simply sit and watch and reflect.” FirstsIdeasCitiesWatchesGeniusTake TimeBenchesBoonBustleIdlers Author:Tom Hodgkinson
“Education itself is a putting off, a postponement; we are told to work hard to get good results. Why? So we can get a good job. What is a good job? One that pays well. Oh. And that's it? All this suffering, merely so that we can earn a lot of money, which, even if we manage it, will not solve our problems anyway? It's a tragically limited idea of what life is all about.” IfsWellsIdeasHardProblemJobsLife IsSufferingResultsPayLearningHard WorkSolveManageLots Of MoneyGood JobSchooledUnschoolingPostponementProblems In School Author:Tom Hodgkinson
