| Iain Boal on Fri, 26 Apr 2019 03:07:54 +0200 (CEST) |
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| Re: <nettime> Tom Hodgkinson: What do they do with all that money? (The Idler) |
“Humanoid"? A "natural lifespan" in the low 30s? There’s a nasty natalism in here, not to mention misanthropy. And spare us the puritan chrematistics. Iain On 25 Apr 2019, at 17:12, Morlock Elloi <[email protected]> wrote: It's an easy answer, just imagine that you've been asked by someone from one of the several African nations with GDP less than $800/year, effectively living from $5 a week: How can you possibly spend $200/week? (for EU dole recipients.) Once you get beyond bare basics to keep a humanoid alive for its natural life span (30-35 years), everything is artificial luxury and manufactured need. Differentiating between $200 and $500,000 a week is frivolous. # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [email protected] # @nettime_bot tweets mail w/ sender unless #ANON is in Subject: # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [email protected] # @nettime_bot tweets mail w/ sender unless #ANON is in Subject: