"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world," wrote George Bernard Shaw. "The unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man."

The article that quotes this goes on to point out that in no other time in history has the power elite allowed outside forces (corporate structure) to dictate their choices.
(which of course, would be far more significant to me were I actually a member of the decidedly active anti-corporate power elite, but hey...working towards it, i s'pose...)
for further progressive ruminations on restructuring the work-world, click on the link below:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/25/opinion/25miller.html?th&emc=th