
Render Unto the Machine


Vision Con - By L. M. Sacasas - The Convivial Society
theconvivialsociety.substack.comtheconvivialsociety.substack.comImplicit in the promise of outsourcing and automation and time-saving devices is a freedom to be something other than what we ought to be. The liberation we are offered is a liberation from the very care-driven involvement in the world and in our communities that would render our lives meaningful and satisfying. In other words, the promise of liber... See more
theconvivialsociety.substack.com • Waste Your Time, Your Life May Depend on It

We are right to be rational and to try to increase our production and so keep manufacturing costs down. But we are also right to cherish those very imperfections we are endeavouring to eliminate. Social life consists in destroying that which gives it its savour.
theconvivialsociety.substack.com • The Limits of Optimization
