characterising a thing is like freezing it, particularly if accompanied by implicit threats of punishment for characterising it differently
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Replying to @Meaningness
@Meaningness "when entering an industrial landscape, you should feel despair about the modern world's unbalanced relationship with nature"2 replies 1 retweet 0 likes -
Replying to @GapOfGods
@tipsfromkatee Could be an exercise in a series of self-deprogrammings, freeing oneself from assorted fixed meanings / ideologies.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Meaningness
@Meaningness@tipsfromkatee Ayn Rand spoke of her pride and satisfaction at seeing smokestacks & similar--frequently used to condemn her.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @St_Rev
@St_Rev@tipsfromkatee I was profoundly moved, to tears actually, when I saw James Watt's engine #2 in a museum. Major religious experience.2 replies 1 retweet 1 like -
Replying to @Meaningness
@Meaningness First time I rode in a plane at night, I saw the webs of light crossing the country & thought humans were pretty cool for that.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@St_Rev Had same experience. Here’s a song about that (maybe): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncFLh91HNvY … Sorry about the kitten.
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