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Why the Culture Wins: An Appreciation of Iain M. Banks
- Summing up: Banks’s conception of the Culture is driven by three central ideas. First, there is the thought that, in the future, basic problems of social organization will be given essentially technocratic solutions, and so the competition between cultures will be based upon their viral qualities, not their functional attributes. Second, there is p... See more
from Why the Culture Wins: An Appreciation of Iain M. Banks by Joseph Heath
Packy McCormick added 10mo ago
- So what happens when work disappears, turning everything into a hobby? A hobby is fun. Many people spend a great deal of time trying to escape work, so they can spend more time on their hobbies. But while they may be fun, hobbies are also at some level always frivolous. They cannot give meaning to a life, precisely because they are optional. You co... See more
from Why the Culture Wins: An Appreciation of Iain M. Banks by Joseph Heath
Packy McCormick added 10mo ago