[go_elmo]

Finally someone who understands me. Whatever becomes measurable, becomes controllable, which is the antidote to freedom, wildness, life (to some extent)..

[sdenton4]

My favorite Samuel Delany story is about a woman in a village who invents writing, and teaches it to all the children. She makes a rule that you're never allowed to write down people's names, as it will inevitably lead to keeping records comparing people, and thus leading to strife...

[booleandilemma]

There's a good Ted Chiang story about how writing conflicts with a village's tradition:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Truth_of_Fact,_the_Truth_o...

[le-mark]

I haven’t read that one, do you know of a collection that has it?

[supportengineer]

I’m ethically torn whether to upvote this

[dylan604]

Being able to have simplicity of working on a task until it is done when society didn't have these per hour scheduling concepts. I remember hearing this referenced when learning about Amish and Native American cultures. Essentially, this is what were doing. When it is finished, we move on to next. No arbitrary start/stop time because some hand on a dial is pointing at a certain number.