Venkatesh Rao ☀️
@vgr
When I came to the US I was struck by the anti-wabi-sabi temporal aesthetics here, revealed especially by car insurance principles, where the goal is to restore a car to brand-new looks regardless of severity of accidents. So well-insured things don’t “age” naturally. They merely start to look unfashionable.
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Ben 🟪
@benersing
Where were you coming from?
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Venkatesh Rao ☀️
@vgr
India. Where everything used to be endlessly and visibly patched to its last dregs of life. Now a more American attitude is seeing in
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