August 29ths
8/29/2005 Hurricane Katrina, a category 5 inundates New Orleans. They’re saying this will be the worst hurricane ever to hit the US. (More evidence of the catastrophic effects of climate change). 8/29/2015 “...no one is able to produce a great work of art without experience, nor achieve a worldly position immediately, nor be a great lover at the first attempt; and in the interval between initial failure and subsequent success, in the gap between who we wish one day to be and who we are at present, must come pain, anxiety, envy and humiliation. We suffer because we cannot spontaneously master the ingredients of fulfillment.” --Alain de Botton, The Consolations of Philosophy 8/29/2019 The history of automation was, at least partially, for the purpose of setting aside more leisure time for craft and creativity that wouldn’t be seen as “work”, and would give meaning to life. Personally, I prefer the idea of work as it relates to craft, and is the only way to get into “flow”. If worki...
