A Load of Paradigm Shift
Am I a Luddite, well Yes and No
In modern times, it seems as though
The progress made, across the years
Evaporates and disappears
Rationalists see, people like me
Of little use, and that may be
But let me ask, if you don’t mind
What use the world, if it’s not kind
By kind I don’t mean charity
Just chance to work and chance to be
A place for all, but no free ride
Too much to ask? Well you decide
When dollars count, for more than men
It’s time I think, to think again
We’re starting down a slippery slope
Towards a world devoid of hope
Where those that can, just take it all
Whilst by the wayside others fall
Society, split into two
Been there before, it’s nothing new
Information and technology
Are not all they’re cracked up to be
Paradigm shift, well yes indeed
But shifting where, and at what speed
It seems that now, computers can
Well do the work, once done by man
Yet man is lost without a job
Does this enrich, or does it rob?
So now I think, that we should ask
Need computers do this task?
For without job, what is my role?
It’s useful work, that makes me whole