Platt,
I also like that "tuning fork" metaphor. Bravo to Mr. Gelernter. Remember
though... man is the measure of all things. Thou art the tuning fork.
rick
----- Original Message -----
From: Platt Holden <pholden@sc.rr.com>
To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 3:20 PM
Subject: Re: MD Has Pirsig created a new disguise for SOM ?
> Hi Soj:
>
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Platt Holden" <pholden@sc.rr.com>
> > | the tuning fork within us that hums
> > when we stumble on something
> > | beautiful.
> >
> > I like that expression!!
>
> Credit goes to David Gelernter, Yale professor of computer science
> and victim of the Unabomber, from his book, "Machine Beauty."
>
> Another excerpt:
>
> When something works well, you can feel it; there is a sense of
> rightness about it. We call that rightness beauty, and it ought to be the
> single most important element of design.
>
> To which I would add . . . and of everything else.
>
> Gelernter brings the MOQ to hi-tech.
>
> Platt
>
>
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