Comments on: Doodad Dilemma http://www.surpluscats.net/2009/02/doodad-dilemma/ occasional updates, always elizabeth Sat, 03 Jul 2010 01:05:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: TSA http://www.surpluscats.net/2009/02/doodad-dilemma/comment-page-1/#comment-900 TSA Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:58:06 +0000 http://www.surpluscats.net/?p=319#comment-900 Liz: I offer the following sympathetically as a reforming tech junkie: "All our inventions are but improved means to an unimproved end." "A man [or woman] is rich in proportion to the number of things he [or she] can afford to let alone" Both by Henry David Thoreau Then there's always Emerson: "Simplify, simplify". Good luck with that in this culture where our value is what we consume. But then, it's something we can shoot for as sentient individuals. It would be nice if we could reduce the amount of crap we haul around with us supposedly to make life easier to a manageable level. Best. TSA Liz:

I offer the following sympathetically as a reforming tech junkie:

“All our inventions are but improved means to an unimproved end.”

“A man [or woman] is rich in proportion to the number of things he [or she] can afford to let alone”

Both by Henry David Thoreau

Then there’s always Emerson:

“Simplify, simplify”.

Good luck with that in this culture where our value is what we consume. But then, it’s something we can shoot for as sentient individuals. It would be nice if we could reduce the amount of crap we haul around with us supposedly to make life easier to a manageable level. Best.

TSA

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