From: Horse (horse@darkstar.uk.net)
Date: Sun Oct 13 2002 - 00:05:20 BST
Hiya
Just a quickie on the quote that Sam uses from ZMM. A bit of a coincidence really as I'd
just finished reading an article from The Register - http://www.register.co.uk - and was
on the point of posting it to the list. They both seem to have very similar sentiments. The
article is also reminiscent of the subject of "It all" and technology that Pirsig expounds
upon toward the end of Chapter 1 of ZAMM
On 12 Oct 2002 at 23:32, Elizaphanian wrote:
Sam quoting Pirsig
"It chimes with something he writes in ZMM also, when he is talking about
individual Quality (ie character): "I think it's about time to return to the
rebuilding of *this* American resource - individual worth. There are
political reactionaries who've been saying something close to this for
years. I'm not one of them, but to the extent they're talking about real
individual worth and not just an excuse for giving more money to the rich,
they're right. We *do* need a return to individual integrity, self-reliance
and old-fashioned gumption. We really do." "
[Pirsig - Zen and the Art.... Ch.29]
>From Register article
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/35/27573.html
"Technology CEOs should repeat, every day, the truth: which is that the world is held
together by people who value doing an excellent job - bakers, cheese makers, hacks -
and when such people are aren't valued, it isn't a sign of a healthy economy, it's the sign
of a sick one. Excellence is the invisible string that keeps us from barbarism."
Horse
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