(From the August/September Zephyr) Sowing Clover: The End of Work…by Tonya Stiles

Excerpt:

I love to see horses out in the fields. I hardly ever see more than a handful at a time, grazing among the tall grasses, and pawing the ground. Occasionally one starts and prances toward the fence line, for reasons left unknown. But I have never seen a horse at work in those fields. I have never seen a horse engaged in industry, and I doubt that I’m the only one. The population of horses in this country, which was enormous in the 19^th century, fell off by nearly half in the first 30 years of the 20^th century, and then by 90% by the 1950s. Their services were rendered useless, in a span of 50 years, by technological innovation.

And that brings me to why I am thinking about the horse today. I am thinking about the horse because it was once essential, and thanks to technology, now it is only lovely. The horse is now only a reminder of a less efficient time. And soon the average worker will be the same…

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