What's the difference between a great novel and monkeys on a typewriter? Moral intent. It's the same with technological innovation.
@doriantaylor @johnrobb Things like explicit moral manifesto a la Ello. Otherwise, term is vacuous. There are lived values in all behavior.
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@vgr@johnrobb oh, yeah. In that case I just invoke Gall's law (I'm sure you're familiar: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gall_%28author%29#Gall.27s_law … )—central planning no-no. -
@doriantaylor@johnrobb we converge :). Explicit moral intents imo always lead to authoritarian, overspecified plans. - 2 more replies
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@doriantaylor@johnrobb Heck, tinkering itself is lived value of playfulness, and pursuing it is implicitly a pursuit of moral intent. -
@vgr@johnrobb Yup I see it as analogous to phase states solid->liquid->gas :: flânerie->bricolage->project->product: http://doriantaylor.com/what-i-do - 1 more reply
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