Human artifacts each fall at some point on a spectrum from "things that are maintained and repaired" to "things that can only be replaced"
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
Rituals of maintenance mostly suck and we are probably lucky to be free of them... (A.S. Byatt)pic.twitter.com/G6Dcw9QHKD
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
...but there is also something confusing about humans navigating only decaying incipient-garbage that can't even be ceremonially refreshed.
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing I find junk-items haunted with the shell of meaning--that old cardboard box is useless, falling apart, but it's a *thing*..1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @St_Rev
@sarahdoingthing It harms me by its presence, but abandoning it is unbearable. Maybe there aren't enough 'real' 'things' in environment.3 replies 0 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @St_Rev
@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing I think part of this is our instincts towards objects evolved when they were rare and PRECIOUS.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @drethelin
@drethelin@St_Rev a scaffolding for continuity - almost nothing made in the past 50 years will be in use in 2065, maybe a couple movies2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing@St_Rev certainly not if you think the singularity happens before then1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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