That is kind of like asking What am I missing by not attending live music
shows?. Perhaps nothing, if it turns out you would not have liked the
music anyway, but perhaps you would have and it would have given you some
enjoyment. I do not play computer games often enough to want to call myself
a
It doesn't work in the United States because we are waiting for the soccer
match to finish, and wondering why the football game never starts.
On Sunday, July 5, 2015, Robert J. Cordingley rob...@cirrillian.com wrote:
As part of my continuing search for understanding how the world works and
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On Jul 5, 2015 5:06 PM, Robert J. Cordingley rob...@cirrillian.com
wrote:
As part of my continuing search for understanding how the world works and
the role of philosophy...
1st question: It's been pointed out in a recent
Arlo writes:
“It is not some secret mystical human experience, nor does it have to be some
weird pop-culture cult, but just another way to spend some free time.”
I suppose the distinction I’m making is between open vs. closed or leading vs.
following. With so much unknown in the world, why
As part of my continuing search for understanding how the world works
and the role of philosophy...
1st question: It's been pointed out in a recent Washington Post article
When it comes to U.S. revenue vs. spending, perhaps some states in the red (as
opposed to red states!) should worry about getting cut off by Washington? Now,
New Mexico has a certain amount of visibility to Washington, but what about
Mississippi, Alabama and Kentucky? One might imagine North
Dear Friammers,
I am late to this conversation but it has just impinged on something I have
been thinking about a LOT. I used to be sure that there was a firm distinction
between productive labor and … to use the technical term … bullshit. Growing
food and making automobile engines were
Nick writes:
It seems to me that in the discussion we are having, the word entertainment
cannot go undefined. How do you tell the difference between entertainment and
productive work you enjoy. That it makes a profit?
Suppose individuals are represented by nodes on a graph, each positioned
My god, it’s full of…. BULLSHIT!
Well, making things and growing food are great, but it would be a lot
less interesting world if that’s all we did. Certainly Santa Fe would
be.
Gary [husband of an artist]
On Sun, Jul 5, 2015 at 8:29 PM, Nick Thompson
nickthomp...@earthlink.net wrote:
Dear
Well, you’re in good company here :-)
Actually, I also distinguish between “the useful stuff” that we do and
the less useful, but I suspect that both are necessary. We're complex
creatures that become bored doing only the useful stuff, and our
brains need for us to do “the fun stuff” too. Maybe
But Gary! How do you make that distinction ... the difference between the
innocent useless and the harmful useless? I took a whack at that in the
article I sent, but I never felt I nailed it.
Nick
Nicholas S. Thompson
Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology
Clark University
Marcus,
It seems to me that in the discussion we are having, the word
entertainment cannot go undefined. How do you tell the difference between
entertainment and productive work you enjoy. That it makes a profit?
N
Nicholas S. Thompson
Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology
Clark
This is a very interesting subject. I often wonder if Im doing anything
useful for society and/or the universe. I think the answer is probably no,
but the future is notoriously hard to predict. It seems like most useful
inventions are born from silly fascinations. For instance, fire was
probably
So's my wife! And I love her dearly! And after all, I made my living studying
the behavior of crows. I enjoy bull shit and bullshitters.
But still, Gary, are you committed to the notion that there is no useful
distinction to be made between bullshit and productive labor? And is there
Well, I guess I have to play devil's advocate to myself. Being a gamer is
`valuable' like being a fast crossword puzzle solver or a sprinter. It pushes
the boundary of human potential in a way that can be compared. It is hard to
compete art, or even science, because the mechanisms aren't
are you committed to the notion that there is no useful distinction to be
made between bullshit and productive labor?
I suggest that there are at least two definitions of useful. 1) profitable
and 2) useful as a tool to do other desirable things.Any creative person
knows that #2 can
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