good intentions* that ignore emotion. The winning out of 'logic' over and above 'human' considerations.
'human' considerations: emotions, how a perfectly 'emotional' being would be expected to react in such a situation
'logic' : self-encapsulated reasoning that constructs rules in which your underlying desires / self-motivations can be justified. largely influenced by observed mechanics of the culture / micro-society an individual finds themselves embedded in.
*good intentions that are unintentionally, but in actuality, self-centered? harmful to others?
Exhibit A: Walter from Breaking Bad. Begins drug trade to pay for cancer. Stays in drug trade to...?
Exhibit B: The Red Witch / Stannis from Game of Thrones. Begins quest for throne because God says he should. Sacrifices personal happiness for supposed victory in battle. Happiness, but at what cost?
sound reflecions: observations from SF MOMA's Soundtracks exhibit
karthik and i went to the SF MOMA today to check out the last few bits of the soundtracks exhibit. we saw this great video work that i can&...
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Continuing from last year, here's the stats and short synopses of books that I read (or didn't read) this year. According the Good... -
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Edgar Degas was obsessed with the female form. This much was obvious just from the few works that they had from him at MASP. I would go fu... -
this has been copied without permission from the appendix of the 2011 edition of The Question of Separatism. It was conducted with Jane in ...
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