Hi Joe, While you are longing DQ, I am living it. Your clown tears streak your face. Mark
On Tuesday, April 12, 2011, Joseph Maurer <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Dan and All > > As I read your response to Arlo, I am in tears. The longing for the MOQ > that is contained within your words is breathtaking. DQ/SQ, the longing is > DQ, no way to define it. I wish, in some way, that evolution could be > explored with the same reverence for Pirsig's endeavors. > > Joe > > On 4/11/11 12:04 PM, "Dan Glover" <[email protected]> wrote: > > <snip> >>> Arlo: >>> To clarify, I'd say that Pirsig's ideas don't evolve (unless HE changes his >>> mind or something), but the overall foundation he built does evolve as other >>> voices contribute and disagree, etc. Again, the issue is not whether the one >>> (Pirsig's voice) is better/worse than the many (other voices in response), >>> but which of these you call "The MOQ". All along you've been saying the >>> former (Pirsig's voice) is "The MOQ", but this doesn't change, and can't >>> evolve (unless he does). >> >> Dan: >> Yes, I think I agree. Which is why (in my opinion) he may have used >> the term "the MOQ says" rather than "I say" or "Robert Pirsig says." >> In this way, he is lending a Dynamic Quality to his work that allows >> it to evolve and change for the better, whereas a purely static "I >> say" is bound to wither, grow old, and die eventually. >> >> Intellectually, the MOQ is Robert Pirsig's idea. And as this is an >> intellectual discussion of that idea, we should attempt to be >> consistent with it, even as we Dynamically attempt to enhance it and >> expand it. > <snip> > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
