A story in today's newspaper was fascinating for several reasons. First, it was an example of how to have a pet at your workplace. Secondly, it demonstrated that pets can, indeed, work for humans, and lastly, it was just plain weird to think about.
What, you may ask, am I speaking about?
Keeping a worm colony under your work desk. Really.
This article explained how to keep a worm colony at your workplace.
Why a worm colony? It acts as a mini compost area.
Take-a-pet-to-work concept. Fascinating to think that - indoors, no less - these tiny, crawly, slimy creatures can actually munch away, literally eating their way through a work day. How many human workers would love to be able to do the same? But these invertebrates accomplish great work while eating, unlike most company hires in their tiny cubicles or in a large corral-type room where dozens of desks line up like checkers on a checkerboard.
Nature has given humankind yet another example of how to work efficiently, that our jobs don't have to be glamorous to be worthwhile, that the simple way is sometimes the best way,
that the quiet and the meek often outperform the loud and the flashy, and that Mother Nature will always rule the world - no matter how many engineers try to reign her in or regardless of the hubris scattered about the globe among politicians, scientists, and think tanks.
M.I.T. eat your heart out! (Literally and figuratively.)
Ancora imparo
