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> all inexorably drawn towards the realm of Plato's Forms I almost retched reading that. All the examples in the article are of the most bland, disposable junk
by trgn 4y ago
> all inexorably drawn towards the realm of Plato's Forms
I almost retched reading that. All the examples in the article are of the most bland, disposable junk imaginable. I think the common interpretation of Plato's ideals is one of an aspirational, idealized world, beyond our grasp. Seeing such perfection realized in mass produced crap is baffling to me.
- FrustratedMonky 4y agoOr, Plato's Forms are not what we would expect. Because humans are converging on something, and it doesn't fit 'someone's specific concept of ideal', doesn't mean it isn't converging to the Form. That is just arrogantly saying you have more of the 'ideal' in mind than anyone else. But nature can be ugly too, and that is potentially the true 'ideal'.