People are descriptively not hedonists. What would be a good way to formally model people's need to feel useful to each other? Utility meh
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing That was amazing. BTW Veblen made this point, more positively, in _The Instinct of Workmanship_.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@sarahdoingthing _The Instinct of Workmanship_ is probably not worth your time reading, but it’s worth reading a summary if you can find one1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@sarahdoingthing Oh, it’s shorter than I remembered. Probably is in fact worth reading: http://elegant-technology.com/resource/IN_OWORK.PDF …2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@sarahdoingthing About doing useful vs prestigious stuff, and therefore geeks vs football players.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness@sarahdoingthing I find 'geeks = people who do useful stuff' a bit questionable.2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@emareaf@sarahdoingthing Imprecision engendered by 140-character limit :-) Check out the Veblen article itself.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @Meaningness
@Meaningness@sarahdoingthing Will attempt again when I am less tired. Right now his sentences just slip through.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@emareaf@sarahdoingthing Yes, his style can be an impediment. Each sentence is a puzzle box with a jewel inside, if you can unlock it.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
@emareaf @sarahdoingthing Nearly everything is deadpan humor; you have to sort levels of indirection to figure out what he actually thinks.
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Replying to @Meaningness
@emareaf@sarahdoingthing But he’s viciously funny, and remarkably insightful, once you get the knack of decoding him.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@emareaf actually, occurs to me that he was a massive troll in@sarahdoingthing’s sense—he was deliberately offending & disrupting the >1 reply 0 retweets 1 like - 2 more replies
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