tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post3154519155994724030..comments2023-11-22T04:10:49.266-05:00Comments on Dispatches from Zembla: Self-commodification & bloggingAlokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-53685415102021398302008-04-12T18:44:00.000-05:002008-04-12T18:44:00.000-05:00"And what really happened to that old fashioned ro..."And what really happened to that old fashioned romantic idiom - opposites attract?"<BR/><BR/>Yes, in this age of compatibility assessment before entering into a relationship, that is one question that doesn't seem to have any answer.Shivahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556715527795494473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-70087355764533871642008-03-29T19:52:00.000-05:002008-03-29T19:52:00.000-05:00fungibility and uniqueness are contradictory notio...fungibility and uniqueness are contradictory notions... anything you can reduce to a set of characteristics is fungible...<BR/><BR/>yes sometimes this old fashioned humanism does seem like an act of faith. much of modern science (specially biology) and philosophy is built around discrediting these notions of unique self. but this is still hard to live by..Alokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-84855234538369229962008-03-29T18:39:00.000-05:002008-03-29T18:39:00.000-05:00But aren't human beings, for most purposes, fungib...But aren't human beings, for most purposes, fungible and replaceable, and yet endowed with unique personalities? Then why not objects?<BR/><BR/>It seems that these criticisms are predicated on some notion of a transcendent self.Cheshire Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07463645065346922684noreply@blogger.com