Triadic Philosophy
A Universal Way of Life for the 2000s
3/27/12
You say think beyond the bun. OK
"Think beyond the bun."
When think beyond the bun is the most sagacious paradigm for a whole nation it is no wonder we are in trouble
Business lassitude is not merely that the gated community is the destination of choice and that we emulate commercials for lack of models
It is the fearsome necessity of having to have done with all we have made
With cars which are lethal instruments of alienation and mayhem
With the bullying-lite which is the discourse of the insecure male
With the notion of fixing up houses as a pursuit worth a candle
With the quashing of avenues that might open up genuine freedom of thought
I'll give you a good example of business lassitude
Let's take the late big primo business guy Mr. Apple
He proposes a slick new business park that looks a bit like what I have proposed forever
But on analysis it is just the old form in a new package
Not really car-free not residential not the model of a car free community
Function follows form in our society and we have not gotten beyond the highway sprawl form
We have not gotten beyond the stratification by race and class and income form
And until we do business lassitude will be the rule
(But of course today's recession is the index of resistance to buying what businesses are trying to sell
So the people are smarter than business with its defective thinking cap on askew)
Think beyond big oil and sprawl and stratification
Think that form follows function
Just as much as function follows form
Think of realizing values like democracy, helpfulness and tolerance not to mention non-idolatry
Then you will be on your the way to thinking beyond the bun
Charles Sanders Peirce - Thinking in Threes
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