Thank the lazy people for the progress.

Today a friend sent me a SMS, a quote by Henry Ford, "Progress is not made by early risers or hard workers, but by LAZY people, trying to find easier ways to do the same."

That just makes a lot of sense. Most of the inventions we see today are built out of necessity. Which in most cases is about doing the same job in a more efficient way.

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sunkate said…
Actually that quote is by Robert A. Heinlein and not Henry Ford!
It's my favorite one!
5:19 PM
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