[ExI] robert pirsig's bike in zen and mm

Giu1i0 Pri5c0 pgptag at gmail.com
Tue Nov 13 15:41:27 UTC 2007


Necessary correction: "Quality can be found NOT only on a mountaintop
when you are alone, but also in a Starbucks while webcasting to the
world

On Nov 13, 2007 4:00 PM, Giu1i0 Pri5c0 <pgptag at gmail.com> wrote:
> Not at all!
>
> If Pirsig had considered his vision of Quality too ethereal and
> delicate to survive contact with the real world, he would never have
> published the book. It would have been found hidden in a closet after
> the author's death.
>
> To write it as Pirsig might had written it, Quality can be found only
> on a mountaintop when you are alone, but also in a Starbucks while
> webcasting to the world (he referred to finding Quality in a
> mororcycle gear, but you see what I mean).
>
> G.
>
>
> On Nov 13, 2007 3:10 PM, Jef Allbright <jef at jefallbright.net> wrote:
> > On 11/13/07, Giu1i0 Pri5c0 <pgptag at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Why don't you guys do it in style, webcamming everything in realtime
> > > (like on justin.tv) and inviting everyone to participate in the
> > > evening philosophy talk via chat, webcam, SL or whatever (I would be a
> > > very frequent visitor).
> > >
> > > These days every small place described by Pirsig must have a WiFi hub
> > > in a Starbucks or something. We could call the project something like
> > > "The new zen and the art of taking over the universe". What a great
> > > project this would be, perhaps we can even sell it to the networks for
> > > a lot of money and spread H+ at the same time.
> >
> > Giulio, I understand you've read the book ten times, so don't you
> > think this approach to quality would trample any possibility of
> > finding Quality as Pirsig meant it?
> >
> > - Jef
> >
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