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The Stalinist interpretation of socialism has made it possible for socialists and capitalists alike to agree on how to measure the level of development a society has achieved. Societies in which most people depend for most of their goods and services on the personal whim, kindness, or skill of another are called “underdeveloped,” while those in which living has been transformed into a process of ordering from an all-encompassing store catalogue are called “advanced.”
Tools for Conviviality
Ivan Illich
There is the music of identity, like strophic songs, that says: “You know who I am, and you can count on me being this way.” That’s wonderful in participatory situations because it encourages the audience to join in. But something like a theme and variations says: “You don’t know me completely. There’s more to find out. I’m a person who can be sad and happy and change my mind.”
Treating our relationships as theme and variations could be the most beautiful way to sustain them.
What Can Musical Variations Teach Us About Creativity?
nytimes.com
Whatever you wish to call it, there are two interweaving strategies for leaving this desolate place: (1) continually expand the range of your unhooking skills, and (2) connect with something that makes it worthwhile leaving.
The Happiness Trap
Russ Harris
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