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[...] Lessons from The Shootist: They Knew How to Build QualityThe Shootist was John Wayne’s last movie – with Ron Howard as a badly behaved teenager, no less! – but this post is neither a movie review nor a reminiscence of John Wayne. The film was made in 1976, set in 1901. … Read more [...]

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By: Sue Dunham

Sue Dunham — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:51:38 +0000

I apologise. I didn’t read carefully. I also was being a jerk. The point of your article was about the quality of work and it is most certainly a valid one.

By: elasticsoul

elasticsoul — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:23:17 +0000

@Sue/Steve – of course, that’s why I said:

assuming the set was halfway authentic, they did some things right

and then also gave supporting examples of local real buildings built in the same era displaying the same quality.

By: Sue Dunham

Sue Dunham — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:19:58 +0000

Do you realize that you are looking at an illusion? It’s a movie set. There’s nothing behind the facade.

By: elasticsoul

elasticsoul — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:50:52 +0000

@hawkstar – You bring up an excellent point about there being less work if things are made well. In another article I talked about buildings that last 1,000 years; that would drastically reduce the number of building trades jobs as these buildings replaced conventional construction. Going to urban areas with no or fewer cars will also mean fewer jobs making cars, maintaining roads, and so forth that will not be offset by jobs making streetcars.

Ultimately, I think the four-day work week will happen no matter how much resistance various corporations put up. An offsetting factor, however, is the increasing price of oil. Many things that used to be done my machines – by nature very oil intensive – will once again be done by humans.

By: J

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:39:53 +0000

I have seen some of this old quality but even then, it cost money. Companies decided to go the other way to make more money and build less quality and then slowly raise the price on the junk.
The other side is if everything lasted for decades or longer, then less goods would be sold and less need for jobs. Thus more unemployed people. You can only have so many people making the same thing if it lasts a long time BUT you can have a lot of people constantly making things that wear out in a few short years.