Comments on: How did the means become the goal itself? http://bootstrapping.net/2006/08/08/how-did-the-means-become-the-goal-itself/ Bootstrapping the web since 1994 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:20:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Thomas Madsen-Mygdal http://bootstrapping.net/2006/08/08/how-did-the-means-become-the-goal-itself/#comment-22585 Mon, 14 Aug 2006 01:39:58 +0000 http://bootstrapping.net/2006/08/08/how-did-the-means-become-the-goal-itself/#comment-22585 Irving's argument - could you explain a bit more? I like you don't see it as a binary thing. But i guess you could say that the houses have grown so big and empty we're looking for the big goal again. That said i keep meeting spirited people making a lot of money that always steer towards the goal - this isn't a left-wing anti-globalization argument. Irving’s argument - could you explain a bit more?

I like you don’t see it as a binary thing. But i guess you could say that the houses have grown so big and empty we’re looking for the big goal again.

That said i keep meeting spirited people making a lot of money that always steer towards the goal - this isn’t a left-wing anti-globalization argument.

]]> by: morten http://bootstrapping.net/2006/08/08/how-did-the-means-become-the-goal-itself/#comment-22584 Wed, 09 Aug 2006 12:02:04 +0000 http://bootstrapping.net/2006/08/08/how-did-the-means-become-the-goal-itself/#comment-22584 I'm reading John Irving's "Hotel New Hampshire" from 1981 where he claims that terrorists are more interested in the means than the goal. But: Would you rather have fun and live in a little house or not have fun and live in a big house? The 2 things doesn't always collide - but often the bigger the goal is, the road to the goal gets bumpier.....(or something like that). So when the society gets richer (and houses get bigger/better) people tend to focus on the means. I’m reading John Irving’s “Hotel New Hampshire” from 1981 where he claims that terrorists are more interested in the means than the goal.

But: Would you rather have fun and live in a little house or not have fun and live in a big house? The 2 things doesn’t always collide - but often the bigger the goal is, the road to the goal gets bumpier…..(or something like that). So when the society gets richer (and houses get bigger/better) people tend to focus on the means.

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