Ironically, when primitive people are ‘working’, they’re engaged in activities modern people yearn for as recreation: Hunting, fishing, picking fruit and berries, and traversing the countryside are all vacation activities highly prized.
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Our stumbling block in the local economy is convincing 31,411 people to downgrade or eliminate something they want – superfluous gadgetry – for something they need. Another way of saying this is we need people to want our food more than they want a phone.
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The Ballad of John Henry is a folk song about a strong, hardworking “steel drivin’ man” who could swing a hammer better than any other man on the work crew. John is admired as a hero, and, when his legacy is threatened by the introduction of a steam drill, he challenges the job foreman that he can drive more steel than the fancy new machine.
In classic folksy man vs. machine style, the steam drill breaks down and John Henry does indeed win the contest. Listeners are satisfied by the outcome; we all want a reminder that people are significant. The song is not yet over, though:
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