I like this. Maybe the reason for the decline in amateurism has more to do with cultural expectations (homogeneity and lack of a ‘scene’) than it does complexity.
It is an act of stubborn individuality to pursue something as an amateur, and this perspective helps me recommit.
This is a wonderful essay and brings to mind so many things..like the development of cities on the Ohio River.
I am always saying to people who complain abt traffic and winding streets in town that the reason for the roads being the way they are is the river--often they say, "what river?" Isay, "the rover that means you have to cross it on a bridge"--since the bridges are often flat they don't know abt the river.
My minor in grad. school was history of technology.
I like this. Maybe the reason for the decline in amateurism has more to do with cultural expectations (homogeneity and lack of a ‘scene’) than it does complexity.
It is an act of stubborn individuality to pursue something as an amateur, and this perspective helps me recommit.
This is a wonderful essay and brings to mind so many things..like the development of cities on the Ohio River.
I am always saying to people who complain abt traffic and winding streets in town that the reason for the roads being the way they are is the river--often they say, "what river?" Isay, "the rover that means you have to cross it on a bridge"--since the bridges are often flat they don't know abt the river.
My minor in grad. school was history of technology.