I will quibble with “manufactured for the masses was shite”. Everything that comes out of the matter compiler is functional. The blankets will keep you warm, & you can sleep on the mattresses. There is no variety, & it only meets minimum requirements, but I wouldn’t call it crap. You are right that the Victorians created & maintained a society that could hire & keep craftsmen who created high quality items.
Stoicism - I credit you for helping me recognize my inner Stoic. There are many things, that I can’t control or do anything about directly, and I don’t let the vast majority of them, as important as they may be, eat me up. I’m still political, & conservative, because of the threat of the PRC, & how much I hate communism. It doesn’t eat me up, but it does make me mad, & I try to get the word our about how truly awful they have been, & how they are still doing tremendously awful things. I can’t be stoic about the PRC.
Thanks for the video. I had taken this kind of thing as read, but it helped to see it laid out starkly. If you see anything else that’s this simple & direct on any issue, let your readers know!
Yes, functional but not beautiful. There was no pride of ownership. Kind of like the low income housing. I’m thinking of Russians in track suits. This was on my mind because I sense the Leica and Hasselblad are going out of business. Same with GoPro. I mean basically photojournalism is dead. But I have a lot to say about that… Hmmm.
I will quibble with “manufactured for the masses was shite”. Everything that comes out of the matter compiler is functional. The blankets will keep you warm, & you can sleep on the mattresses. There is no variety, & it only meets minimum requirements, but I wouldn’t call it crap. You are right that the Victorians created & maintained a society that could hire & keep craftsmen who created high quality items.
Stoicism - I credit you for helping me recognize my inner Stoic. There are many things, that I can’t control or do anything about directly, and I don’t let the vast majority of them, as important as they may be, eat me up. I’m still political, & conservative, because of the threat of the PRC, & how much I hate communism. It doesn’t eat me up, but it does make me mad, & I try to get the word our about how truly awful they have been, & how they are still doing tremendously awful things. I can’t be stoic about the PRC.
Thanks for the video. I had taken this kind of thing as read, but it helped to see it laid out starkly. If you see anything else that’s this simple & direct on any issue, let your readers know!
Yes, functional but not beautiful. There was no pride of ownership. Kind of like the low income housing. I’m thinking of Russians in track suits. This was on my mind because I sense the Leica and Hasselblad are going out of business. Same with GoPro. I mean basically photojournalism is dead. But I have a lot to say about that… Hmmm.