The clever folks at the School of Life post many charming videos about philosophy, but today they posted an article...

The clever folks at the School of Life post many charming videos about philosophy, but today they posted an article in support of a philosophical aesthetic. "Kintsugi" is an approach to beautifully mending broken things, and is compatible with Zen Buddhism, as well as some ancient Japanese traditional approaches to appreciating and respecting physical things. (A culture that has a temple ceremony dedicated to thanking broken sewing needles possesses these kinds of ideas.)

This post reminds me that my favorite modern artist employing this approach to create rather than 10 then is the Korean ceramic artist YEEsookyung. I may need to post about her also.

#zen #repair #aging #wabisabi
http://www.thebookoflife.org/kintsugi/

This is a thoughtful article by a Canadian who came to SF to work in the misnamed "sharing economy," which is based...

This is a thoughtful article by a Canadian who came to SF to work in the misnamed "sharing economy," which is based on having desperate strangers run your errands for less than minimum wage.

As someone who tried these employee-benefit-less jobs for research, the author offers insights on the flaws in these models.

#exploitation #labor #appoverlord
https://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/monitor/apploitation-city-instaserfs

"“We live in a world of radical ignorance, and the marvel is that any kind of truth cuts through the noise,” says...

"“We live in a world of radical ignorance, and the marvel is that any kind of truth cuts through the noise,” says Proctor.

It is unfortunate that people are so easily (and willingly) misled.

#ignorance #sellingdoubt #agnotology
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160105-the-man-who-studies-the-spread-of-ignorance