RT @The__E_G_G
07. Nietzsche’s #Amor_Fati:
Wishing and Willing in a #Cybernetic_Circuit.
Nicola Masciandaro [[132]] @DigitalDionysus

#lessonoftheday The risk of not spending the money for a high-end #standingdesk is the risk that the lift mechanism stops working after two days. Desk failure is not a great way to start the morning, especially when #planning to be #productive.

I remind myself that this is an excellent #amor_fati moment. Amor fati is a Latin phrase that means "love of fate" or "love of one's destiny." It describes an attitude in which one accepts and even enjoys whatever happens, regardless of how unpleasant it might be. #stoicism

What have we learned, Emily? "When buying tech and items involving engineering, the risk of buying cheap is the machine will not perform its purpose, negating any investment." Additionally, extra time must be spent returning, claiming warranties, and shipping back a low-quality product.

#lessonslearned If you buy a standing desk, spend the extra money for a highly reviewed, highly trusted product. If you don't have the money,? You can save until you do because wasting money on a cheap desk isn't worth your time.

I just ordered a high-quality (and high-cost) desk. I'll post my review to confirm if it was worth it.

Long-in-the-ᴹᵃˢᵗᵒᵈᵒⁿ-Tooth #ɪɴᴛʀᴏᴅᴜᴄᴛɪᴏɴ: Arrived here as part of the great Musk_Migration (from HTTP://twitter.com/YOUTOPOS) … Dan & Nandita: academics at #Western_University, London (#WesternU in HTTP://Twitter.com/LondonOntarioCA).* Areas of interest?: #media_̶studies, #techno_̶politics, #history_̶of_̶ideas, #archæologies_̶of_̶knowledge, #peripheral_̶theory (peripheral as in ‘on-the-margins’ &/or ‘shoved-aside’ — e.g. #alchemical_philosophy and #ancient_steganography: accursèd precursors to our current chemical and code-based paradigms. … Perhaps it would be better to say peripheral/peripherally-informed #theory_̶and_̶criticism*), the work of #Friedrich_Nietzsche and his rather weird (#amor_fati, my friends!: weird as in #fated — HTTP://En.Wiktionary.org/wiki/weird#Etymology) successors such as #Georges_Bataille, #Pierre_Klossowski, #Maurice_Blanchot, #Jean_Baudrillard, #Gilles_Deleuze and #Jacques_Derrida (to name only a few). Oh: and the Jacques_Derrida of alchemical_philosophy, otherwise-known-as the pseudonymous ‘Fulcanelli’ (#Jean_̶Julien Champagne via #Pierre_Dujols_de_Valois). Lovers of the odd, of oddities, and of cabinetness curiosities. Profs who are also Eternal Students and fans of the energetic ‘e’ in ‘education’ (#ē_̶ ducēre: that which conducts us ‘outward’, ‘beyond’ what we presently know). **We have both given graduate-courses at Western-University’s #Centre_for_the_Study_of_Theory_and_Criticism a.k.a. #Theory_Centre (D teaches literary and media theory in the Faculty of Arts, N teaches the political theory and conceptual history in the Faculty of Social Science). *HTTP://Urbanists.Social/@London.