Quotations: Vocation

"The computer stands betwixt and between the world of formal systems and physical things; it has the ability to make the abstract concrete ... The computer has a theoretical vocation: to bring the philosophical down to earth."

- Sherry Turkle and Seymour Paper: Epistemological Pluralism and the Revaluation of the Concrete
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Quotations: Richard Hugo

"If you feel pressure to say what you know others want to hear and don't have enough devil in you to surprise them, shut up."

[Richard Hugo, Triggering Town]

Quotations: Raph Kosler

"Games thus far have not really worked to extend our understanding of ourselves. Instead games have primarily been an arena where human behavior - often in its crudest, most primitive form - is put on display.

There is a crucial difference between games portraying the human condition and the human condition merely existing within games. The latter is interesting in an academic sense, but it is unsurprising. The human condition manifests anywhere. We may come to better understanding of ourselves by examining our relationship to games, but for games to truly step up to the plate, they need to provide us with insights to ourselves."
[ Raph Kosler, A Theory of Fun ]

Quotations: A.J. Heschel

"The solution of mankind's most vexing problem will not be found in renouncing technical civilization, but in attaining some degree of independence of it."

[ Abraham Joshua Heschel, The Sabbath ]