Dear Mike and everybody-
I'm risking my car being locked in the University garage but I want to
briefly reply to your question,
> The question in many of the things we are discussing is when is it both
> necessary and useful to make categorical distinctions and when is it
> not.
I think in our bureaucracy-driven society, physical time is a "boundary
object" (L. Star) for coordination (if not for control) of other semiotic
time. So I would deconstruct your question: 1) who considers use of
categorical distinguishes 2) for what purpose and 3) who will benefit and
suffer from that?
I have to run but...
What do you think?
Eugene
PS Mike, it is too bad that you can't email us the smell of your roses...
:-)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Cole [mailto:mcole@weber.ucsd.edu]
> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 10:19 PM
> To: xmca@weber.ucsd.edu
> Subject: RE: chronotopes
>
> yes, Eugene, I think that experienced time cannot be reduced to
> linear/exchangable units scale.
>
> The question in many of the things we are discussing is when is it both
> necessary and useful to make categorical distinctions and when is it
> not. If someone knows a general answer to that question, I would be
> very interested in knowing what it is because the question arises often
> in my work and non-work life.
>
> Well, time flies, so I better stop and smell the roses.
> mike
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