That’s me (or who I aspire to be) right there!
“I didn’t expect you to be interested. I’ll just be standing over here in the corner in case you decide you like truth and goodness.”
@tripu I knew you would like that character 😆 scientifically engineering public holidays based on the optimal number of yearly breaks for an average number of hours/week and an average amount of stress/hour. Sounds like a dystopia!
@ImperfectIdea @tripu and as always dystopia is pitched as truth and goodness
I understand that you (implicitly) saying that [our claim that festivities should/could be redesigned is bad] is something that you consider “good” and closer to the “truth” (otherwise you wouldn’t be defending it), and thus by your own assessment it risks devolving into a dystopia?
/cc @ImperfectIdea
It’s a risk, yes.
Anyway, we’re talking shifting a few dates around to better accommodate modern sensibilities and preferences here, not burning down the regime.
Again (and I’m not trying to be facetious here): it is rationality (and I would argue also materialism) what you are using to conclude that any reform proposal risks devolving into a dystopia.
The polar opposite (keeping holidays just as they are) is essentially conservative and status quo bias.
Where’s the middle ground?
/cc @ImperfectIdea
@tripu @ImperfectIdea i think that sort of rational materialism leads to dystopia