Sol, but you can't "preserve" time. This is thing that gets me every time I try to think about this issue. Time flies by. So, as our time gets more valuable, the trade for money means less. Sure, it would be nice to have perfect trading of significant and life fulfilling work for our time, but wow how rare. I have a great job, white collar, intellectual, even objectively awesome, but I still want to gather my Now, my time, over that 8 hr day. To study Japanese, to grow herbs, to do leisure. How do I do that? Save, then stop working. Maybe I can fit in something that pays, but what I have is an unknown but short amount of time. I will still work, work at social issues, work at community things, but by disconnecting work from money I get to keep the advantages and discard the waste. Why do you have such great faith in the "system" and how it is "supposed" to work? And isn't the equation of work = getting paid money part of the problem with people finding meaning in life? (all written with great respect and warmth for your always amazing posts)