{"id":7838,"date":"2016-09-03T15:35:59","date_gmt":"2016-09-03T22:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/?p=7838"},"modified":"2016-09-03T15:35:59","modified_gmt":"2016-09-03T22:35:59","slug":"i-would-rather-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/?p=7838","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I would rather not&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s an article in this Sunday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s NY Times called \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Useless Machine.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/gpdvqbh\">http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/gpdvqbh<span style=\"color: #000000;\">.<\/span><\/a> It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s about a battery-operated machine that &#8216;s just a box with a lever. Flip the lever, and the machine whirs, the lid opens, and a small hand comes out and flips the lever to the off position. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s it. Here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a picture.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/box-image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7839\" src=\"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/box-image-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"box image\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/box-image-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/box-image.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a link to a video demonstration: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Z86V_ICUCD4\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Z86V_ICUCD4<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As it happens, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been intrigued by this little device for years. The author of the article, Mark O\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Connell, likes what he calls its \u00e2\u20ac\u0153patient defiance,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d its point-blank refusal to bend to human wishes. But I think of it as a metaphor for the self. When we question our own workings; when we challenge the patterns we use to take our stand in the world, the self resists. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Do not bother me,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d says the self, rousing itself just enough to cut off further inquiry. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153You,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d it seems to say, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153would look to see how I operate. I will not cooperate.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Case closed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s an article in this Sunday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s NY Times called \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Useless Machine.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/gpdvqbh. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s about a battery-operated machine that &#8216;s just a box with a lever. Flip the lever, and the machine whirs, the lid opens, and a small hand &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/?p=7838\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-07-jacks-corner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7838\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cciforum.dreamhosters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}