January '24
1/3(maybe)
Happy '24! I think that was our first time sending Christmas cards in probably 10 years. Glad it got there.
I've told Boone that I think he has a precocious intuition, to the point where I look to him for influence (e.g. growing my hair out, gravitating away from clothes with words on them)--though I didn't tell him that part--and I think there's something unnatural about photographs in general. I find they're nice to send to folks who don't get to see you regularly, or as evidence for past events that need further study (e.g. crimes, trauma), but otherwise they only to serve to distract me from the present moment.
As for the historical events referenced in the book, I think he points out that most of the events he discusses aren't covered by conventional sociology etc. texts. I'm through Chapter 5, and I've found myself re-reading chapters. I find the introduction, which talks mostly of differences between 1st and 2nd editions, and the first couple chapters, which deal mainly with the state and its conflict with our natural anarchist tendencies, to be a bit dense, but starting in Chapter 3 momentum picks as he starts to unpack what a world without authority would really look like, especially what leadership would look like.
Thanks for the links; I'll give them a listen while suffering the mundanity of my vocation. I remember liking NPR in my post-college years, but yeah, now they appear to me as just another puff in the propaganda-noise cloud.
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Emailed in reply to Stuart this morning.
1/26
The only true solution would require a species-wide awakening and agreement to end the violation of all animals' liberty. If by some miracle this would happen, then all breeding would stop, and we would be responsible for doing what we judge best for the remaining institutionalized animals (the ones who cannot take care of themselves). Solutions would be situational and not blanket, and subject to the judgment of the humans most closely involved: perhaps some could be released where they are located, or transported somewhere where their chances of survival would be better prior to release, or retained in as comfortable a captivity as can be provided until they expire.
Until such a miracle happens, I am of the opinion that helping these institutionalized animals is ultimately harmful to this cause, because, similar to the feather hypothetical, by adopting and keeping animals in captivity, even if it is with the best intentions, it perpetuates and affirms the notion that animals should be enslaved for our benefit.
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Posted in reply to YT discussion about pet ownership.
Happy '24! I think that was our first time sending Christmas cards in probably 10 years. Glad it got there.
I've told Boone that I think he has a precocious intuition, to the point where I look to him for influence (e.g. growing my hair out, gravitating away from clothes with words on them)--though I didn't tell him that part--and I think there's something unnatural about photographs in general. I find they're nice to send to folks who don't get to see you regularly, or as evidence for past events that need further study (e.g. crimes, trauma), but otherwise they only to serve to distract me from the present moment.
As for the historical events referenced in the book, I think he points out that most of the events he discusses aren't covered by conventional sociology etc. texts. I'm through Chapter 5, and I've found myself re-reading chapters. I find the introduction, which talks mostly of differences between 1st and 2nd editions, and the first couple chapters, which deal mainly with the state and its conflict with our natural anarchist tendencies, to be a bit dense, but starting in Chapter 3 momentum picks as he starts to unpack what a world without authority would really look like, especially what leadership would look like.
Thanks for the links; I'll give them a listen while suffering the mundanity of my vocation. I remember liking NPR in my post-college years, but yeah, now they appear to me as just another puff in the propaganda-noise cloud.
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Emailed in reply to Stuart this morning.
1/26
The only true solution would require a species-wide awakening and agreement to end the violation of all animals' liberty. If by some miracle this would happen, then all breeding would stop, and we would be responsible for doing what we judge best for the remaining institutionalized animals (the ones who cannot take care of themselves). Solutions would be situational and not blanket, and subject to the judgment of the humans most closely involved: perhaps some could be released where they are located, or transported somewhere where their chances of survival would be better prior to release, or retained in as comfortable a captivity as can be provided until they expire.
Until such a miracle happens, I am of the opinion that helping these institutionalized animals is ultimately harmful to this cause, because, similar to the feather hypothetical, by adopting and keeping animals in captivity, even if it is with the best intentions, it perpetuates and affirms the notion that animals should be enslaved for our benefit.
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Posted in reply to YT discussion about pet ownership.