In one sense, there is a paradox about “don’t.” For the negative is a but a principle, an idea, not a name of a thing. And thus, whereas an injunction such as “thou shalt not kill” is understandable enough as a negative idea, it also has about its edges the positive image of killing. But the main point is: Though a child may not always obey the “thou shalt not,” and though there may inevitably be in the offing, an image positively inviting disobedience, the child “gets the idea.”
“Language is a set of labels, signs for helping us find out our way about.”
“Language is a species of action, symbolic action— and its nature is such that it can be used as a tool.”
I found interesting which “don’t” is an “idea of no” but not an “idea of nothing.” When someone says “don’t do this” to you, it is like advice, but you can decide whether do or not. An injunction is composed of language, while action happens after making a choice between shall or shall-not. It is like the steps while we are making art. We need to have the idea first in mind; then we share our idea with others and others would give us some advice. After we make a choice how to create the work, we have actions. Art is related to languages and ideas.
FC, The Unabomber Manifesto
“Freedom means having power.”
“According to the bourgeois conception, a “free” man is essentially an element of a social machine and has only a certain set of prescribed and delimited freedoms; freedoms that are designed to serve the needs of the social machine more than those of the individual.”
As the development of technology, human lives become earlier and more convenient. Science and technology have helped people perform tasks efficiently. But with the rapid growth of technology, the use of these complex machinery not only reduces the human effort but also globalizes the economy.
what is human?
Reading note
Burke, Definition of man
In one sense, there is a paradox about “don’t.” For the negative is a but a principle, an idea, not a name of a thing. And thus, whereas an injunction such as “thou shalt not kill” is understandable enough as a negative idea, it also has about its edges the positive image of killing. But the main point is: Though a child may not always obey the “thou shalt not,” and though there may inevitably be in the offing, an image positively inviting disobedience, the child “gets the idea.”
“Language is a set of labels, signs for helping us find out our way about.”
“Language is a species of action, symbolic action— and its nature is such that it can be used as a tool.”
I found interesting which “don’t” is an “idea of no” but not an “idea of nothing.” When someone says “don’t do this” to you, it is like advice, but you can decide whether do or not. An injunction is composed of language, while action happens after making a choice between shall or shall-not. It is like the steps while we are making art. We need to have the idea first in mind; then we share our idea with others and others would give us some advice. After we make a choice how to create the work, we have actions. Art is related to languages and ideas.
FC, The Unabomber Manifesto
“Freedom means having power.”
“According to the bourgeois conception, a “free” man is essentially an element of a social machine and has only a certain set of prescribed and delimited freedoms; freedoms that are designed to serve the needs of the social machine more than those of the individual.”
Visual essay
https://ziyingyu.tumblr.com/post/170670410253/visa-481-visual-essay
What is human?
http://newhive.com/ziyingyu/what-is-human
Final assignment: http://newhive.com/ziyingyu/visa-481-final
As the development of technology, human lives become earlier and more convenient. Science and technology have helped people perform tasks efficiently. But with the rapid growth of technology, the use of these complex machinery not only reduces the human effort but also globalizes the economy.