Jesus. Perfectly analagous to Hannah Arendt's observations on banality. I clearly don't yet have a sufficient stock of canned goods sufficient for 'thriving' in the 'new economy' . Thanks for this reporting AND insight.
Tim—I should have said more. The Arendt parallel is exactly right. What I'm documenting isn't dramatic villainy—it's bureaucratic routine. A police chief justifying mass surveillance 'to protect grandma from Bitcoin scams.' A state AG passing a law with 'blockchain analytics' mandates buried in consumer protection language. Each step is banal, defensible in isolation. But the architecture that emerges is anything but.
Thanks, Timothy. I'm oddly finding a sort of serenity in my growing awareness of the manner in which The Man is setting up an unraveling that He thinks will somehow serve His baser 'needs'; and,
I'm seeing my part in not complying, not accepting as parallel to that of Terry Gilliam's character Harry Tuttle (Robert DeNiro), who in that 1985 film arrives at the hero's lodging in the middle of the night, armed, and geared up to repair the failing system, and 'explains' the problem with this:
"Listen, this whole system of yours could be on fire, and I couldn't even turn on a kitchen tap without filling out a form Twenty-seven B stroke Six".
The Man has created a system of such unassailable complexity (that only serves Him) that is again nearing collapse; and,
AG Bird thinks her obeisance will serve her and make her 'powerful', but she's setting herself (and all of us) for a really big fall.
Really, really calls for a squad of Harry Tuttles, ready to apply a Yankee Screwdriver to the panel screws, and start exorcizing the techno- complexity out of the system.
Even though the whole system IS on fire, and it's already way too late, I'm considering getting some 'Harry Tuttle, Guerilla HVAC Services' shoulder and shirt patches.
Gilliam's film was supposed to be a warning, not a blueprint. I'll be showing up with that Form Twenty-seven B, stroke Six comment at every opportunity. Your observations about Iowa are, or ought to be utterly astonishing. Thanks, again.
Jesus. Perfectly analagous to Hannah Arendt's observations on banality. I clearly don't yet have a sufficient stock of canned goods sufficient for 'thriving' in the 'new economy' . Thanks for this reporting AND insight.
Tim Long, Just Up the Hill from Lock 15.
Tim—I should have said more. The Arendt parallel is exactly right. What I'm documenting isn't dramatic villainy—it's bureaucratic routine. A police chief justifying mass surveillance 'to protect grandma from Bitcoin scams.' A state AG passing a law with 'blockchain analytics' mandates buried in consumer protection language. Each step is banal, defensible in isolation. But the architecture that emerges is anything but.
Thanks, Timothy. I'm oddly finding a sort of serenity in my growing awareness of the manner in which The Man is setting up an unraveling that He thinks will somehow serve His baser 'needs'; and,
I'm seeing my part in not complying, not accepting as parallel to that of Terry Gilliam's character Harry Tuttle (Robert DeNiro), who in that 1985 film arrives at the hero's lodging in the middle of the night, armed, and geared up to repair the failing system, and 'explains' the problem with this:
"Listen, this whole system of yours could be on fire, and I couldn't even turn on a kitchen tap without filling out a form Twenty-seven B stroke Six".
The Man has created a system of such unassailable complexity (that only serves Him) that is again nearing collapse; and,
AG Bird thinks her obeisance will serve her and make her 'powerful', but she's setting herself (and all of us) for a really big fall.
Really, really calls for a squad of Harry Tuttles, ready to apply a Yankee Screwdriver to the panel screws, and start exorcizing the techno- complexity out of the system.
Even though the whole system IS on fire, and it's already way too late, I'm considering getting some 'Harry Tuttle, Guerilla HVAC Services' shoulder and shirt patches.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dht_3NziwSw
Gilliam's film was supposed to be a warning, not a blueprint. I'll be showing up with that Form Twenty-seven B, stroke Six comment at every opportunity. Your observations about Iowa are, or ought to be utterly astonishing. Thanks, again.
Tim Long, Just Up the Hill from Lock 15.