[Noisebridge-discuss] [intellectual claptrap] Toward a theory of utilization

[Brink Of Complexity]

Things which aren't laws or rules but which we might like to agree to abide
within a somewhat-common framework of reasoning already have a term:
Principles.

As in, a Principle of Use.

No need to overengineer new lingo when existing words suffice. ;)

- Brink


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On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 9:47 PM, jim <jim at systemateka.com> wrote:

>
>
>     I don't got no art.
>     I use my car a lot. Pretty much everything I own
> I think of as a tool.
>     I've learned the jobsite ethic that one doesn't
> fuck with another one's tools, not even a little bit.
> This ethic has grown over time so even loaning for a
> few minutes is suspect in the light of experience
> (someone borrows a hammer or screwdriver for a few
> minutes and leaves it on a ladder to go pee and after
> get lunch and after figures what-the-hey, I'm going
> home....
>     I'm not trying to argue but rather present a case
> for inspection. Given the inclination to perceive
> things as tools one needs for survival, how does one
> "liberate" one's self from such possessions? Assuming
> this is a problem and not a dilemma, an effective
> solution would make me __very__ grateful.
>     (and tigre: I'm big on absurd humor, please have at.)
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, 2013-02-17 at 12:22 -0800, Tony Longshanks LeTigre wrote:
> > On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 8:35 AM, Martin
> > Bogomolni <martinbogo at gmail.com> wrote:
> >         Then what happens if you are a car collector, and do not use a
> >         car for
> >         it's /intended/ purpose, but rather have converted the purpose
> >         from
> >         "conveyance" to "art"?
> >
> >         -M
> >
> >
> > "All art is quite worthless," as Oscar Wilde said.
> > (Where did I set those irony quotes....?)
> >
> >
> > Hey, I like art, even make worthless art myself on occasion. My best
> > response is
> >
> >
> > 1) make more functional art, &
> >
> >
> > 2) if you collect cars, & one of them has been converted into an art
> > object of sorts, I personally as someone who (hypothetically) has a
> > need for transportation & (irl, sincerely) a respect for art &
> > artists, would most likely target one of yr other vehicles before I
> > would go after the art car.
> >
> >
> > Does that make you feel better (or worse)?
> >
> >
> > I had something sincere to relate about my experience as a collector
> > (of clothes, not cars) & how losing all material possessions liberated
> > me from that compulsion, but....absurdist humor is much more my mode
> > than sincerity....hey, incidentally, if you replace each instance of
> > the word "car" in yr orig post above with the word "cat," it's pretty
> > funny!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > +11+
> >
> >
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