- @danielrose Have you read Solnit’s Savage Dreams? Awesome. Great history of human engagement in the area. in reply to danielrose #
- @thiebes Unfortunately, it’s also true that in trying times people flock to such things … in reply to thiebes #
- @thiebes And, in general I think the failure being seen is of a community of conformity. However, that is a comfort people seek to sleep. in reply to thiebes #
- @thiebes Trying times cause people to seek assurances they can’t otherwise get, and thus the opiate lulls people toward safety from Self. in reply to thiebes #
- @thiebes I’m not sure the trend away is new that article talks about, not a response to the trying times. I don’t think we’ve seen that yet. in reply to thiebes #
- @thiebes It would be nice to think that the trend toward Self will withstand a real crash, resulting in neither savagery nor slavery. in reply to thiebes #
- @thiebes I think the MUCH longer trend tends in that direction. I wonder about a contraction in crisis; culture comes from leisure … in reply to thiebes #
- @thiebes Annoying self-referentialism: http://tinyurl.com/d4aola & http://tinyurl.com/c4nqf2 & especially http://tinyurl.com/bcoh3f in reply to thiebes #
- @thiebes Not so, thay had a significant leisure class afforded by slavery and inequity. But, maybe it’s a “sweet spot” of leisure? in reply to thiebes #
- @thiebes Maybe leisure like sand in an oyster, enough of an annoyance but not mortal threat – catalyses the pearl. in reply to thiebes #
- @thiebes I wonder if the slaves that made Greek culture possible would agree; or, the peasants serving Medici, liberty was their foundation in reply to thiebes #
- @thiebes I hope so, but I fear the nearness of our feral nature is not far enough away. in reply to thiebes #
- @thiebes But, I assume an ‘essential ferality’ which might be argued … I suppose. in reply to thiebes #
- @thiebes Indeed, a meaningful and important project! in reply to thiebes #
- @thiebes Which ones do you have in mind? in reply to thiebes #
- @thiebes Outliers, at least as far as we can tell from the historic record, yes. But, I wasn’t thinking just the Greeks. Cross-culturally. in reply to thiebes #
- @thiebes As I think about it, culture comes from patronage a lot; which isn’t leisure, but a working class enabled by the leisure class. in reply to thiebes #
- @thiebes I may be conflating something about harsh climate vs culture I read somewhere once. in reply to thiebes #
- “What will you do when it all falls apart? What will you be?” http://tinyurl.com/bmww89 #
- Is Ray Wise the new George Hamilton? What’s up with the skin, dude? #
- Yeah, it’s temperate climate & culture, which I conflated with ‘leisure’ … but climate can be mediated by affluence. #
- A Risk board! World history lesson on a Risk board! #
- I forgot how much I liked this show. #
- “Seems to me we shouldn’t allow companies to get big enough to pose a ‘systemic risk'” http://tinyurl.com/belrfq #
- “For an omnipotent and omniscient being, God has made some really lousy earthly staffing decisions.” http://tinyurl.com/czrj5y #
- @thiebes The comments on this one are good too: “”For an omnipotent and omniscient being …” http://tinyurl.com/czrj5y #
- OMG. You’ve got to be kidding. I spent all that FRAKIN’ time setting up event tracking and there’s no way to VIEW events via analytics?! #
- Why do the docs which explain how to set it up not bother to mention that there’s no point in setting it up, that there’s no report? #
- Okay, yeah, I found the ‘secret’ url by manually typing it, but it still shows squat. What a crock. #
- No, wait. That sucks. Controls on headphone cord mean no way to control the new shuffle when plugged into the stereo at the lodge. Lame! #
- Yep. I wouldn’t buy the new one but love my 2nd gen shuffle. RT @jabancroft Seriously, though, the lack of ability to use non-Apple earbuds #