My philosophy: ((everything) (once) then in moderation if it suits you) not sure of parentheses, been a long time since Algebra I
davew On Thu, Apr 14, 2022, at 8:05 AM, glen wrote: > I certainly hope I'm not winning you over, accidentally or otherwise. > Your use of the word "fetish" is spot-on, in that such paraphilia is, > ultimately, unhealthy > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_paraphilias> ... I guess barring > the "everything in moderation" principle [⛧]. > > In fact, to be "won over" implies imprisonment, convicted to one's > convictions. However, I also think it's unhealthy to, say, be so > Luddite that you prefer "natural immunity" to vaccination ... or prefer > your wood burning fireplace to natural gas heat ... or to demand to > "talk to a person" rather than interacting with the phone tree. That > hyper-traditionalism is *also* an unhealthy fetish and it's why, > despite my conservatism, the neoreactionaries are so repulsive to me. > As a conservative, I constantly find myself defending the Now against > the fetishists of both the Yesterday and Tomorrow. Does that mean I > have a Now fetish? Maybe. But it's more like a reaction to the non-Now > fetishes around me. > > > [⛧] The interpretation of "everything in moderation" depends on where > you put the parentheses. (Everything) (in moderation) implies you > *should* do just a little bit of everything ... a little sky diving ... > a little body modification ... a little Christianity ... a little crack > cocaine, etc. But (Everything in moderation) implies that whatever it > is you choose to do should be in moderation. > > On 4/13/22 12:05, Steve Smith wrote: >> I think you are (accidentally?) winning me over to the post/trans-humanist >> fetish. Just your talk of "play" and realizing how much I *already* play >> with automatons in the form of (see driving anecdotes) other drivers and >> roadway systems and (smart or dumb) traffic-lights, etc and bureaucracies. >> I admit to always being taken in by (modern) science fiction stories with >> robot/android - human relationships... playing what might amount to a >> continuous, infinite game of Turing Test with them. The same kind of >> "play" I currently engage in with dogs, cats, horses, watercourses, etc. >> As a good animist, I can't see how I could reject the opportunity to "Play" >> with machine intelligences! >> >> When I get a full-body prosthetic to make up for my slowly failing organic >> musculo-skeletal system, I will probably find great enjoyment in "playing" >> with it the way I currently "play" with my bicycle and other vehicles, >> testing (softly these days) their performance envelope and response modes. >> >> Jump cut to Ridley in her Space-Mining-Waldo-Exoskeleton with or without >> an Alien opponent. >> > > -- > Mɥǝu ǝlǝdɥɐuʇs ɟᴉƃɥʇ' ʇɥǝ ƃɹɐss snɟɟǝɹs˙ > > > .-- .- -. - / .- -.-. - .. --- -. ..--.. / -.-. --- -. .--- ..- --. .- - . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn UTC-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: > 5/2017 thru present https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ .-- .- -. - / .- -.-. - .. --- -. ..--.. / -.-. --- -. .--- ..- --. .- - . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn UTC-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ archives: 5/2017 thru present https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/
