Is There Life After Work? A World Without Work. Contemplation.com. As soon as I arrived, I knew why I had come.
In Vientiane, the capital, kids were fishing along the main street -- an unpaved red-dirt path -- and a call across town involved ringing an operator, waiting for her to call back and then tugging gently at the wire while speaking in a whisper. At 1 P.M. on the Friday I arrived, the center of downtown -- Laos's Times Square -- consisted of me, a drowsy rickshaw driver and a fountain with no water. When I stepped into my hotel, however -- a simple midprice place along the Mekong -- I was greeted by the Ghost of Laos Future. A room beside the lobby blinked with flashing screens accommodating E-mail needs, and Top Cat was agitating for some pizza on the Cartoon Network near my bed.
"I'm sorry, sir," said the cashier when I took my leave of Laos, congratulating him on how (relatively) quiet and unspoiled his country was. What Every Diaper Bag Needs pg 2. What Every Diaper Bag Needs pg 1. The 'Busy' Trap. Anxiety: We worry.
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