Tag: Utilitarianism
The tyranny of purpose and the ultimate vulgarity of usefulness. Here, I expose the flaws in a life that serves a function rather than an aesthetic.
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Day 5: The Dangers of a Useful Life
One finds it quite tiresome, this contemporary fixation with being ‘useful’. The world, it seems, has become a grand factory where every man and woman must justify their existence not by their elegance, but by their efficiency. The architect is praised for his functionality, the artist for his social commentary, and the mere human being…