I wonder sometimes if being lazy is actually a good thing in a geek – in a tech person.  Right now I’m remote controlling my desktop from my laptop – because I don’t feel like getting up and walking down the hall.  Sometimes I wonder though if a stubborn laziness is at the heart of the the true geek – as we want to make things easier.  How many jumps in productivity have come from not wanting to do something manually – so we create something better.

I know there have been many times at work I have just said to myself – “No – I’m not doing this by hand anymore – we’re better than this”.  Then I work at it and make something better – something automated that saves time and improves accuracy.  I wonder what life would be like if there weren’t more people with the same attitude.  How many really cool and useful ideas have come from people wanting to do things easier – more efficient?   How much innovation is driving our economy – creating jobs, new companies, new opportunities.

So keep being lazy – stubbornly lazy and making things better.

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