![]() ![]() Naturally, Arendt thought (as do I) that you must choose action and history-making as much as possible. ![]() In between there is a third context, where you can choose to slow time, which includes any sort of making, including art and trade (which is making in the sense of market-making). In everything you do, from posting a tweet or buying a coffee to running for President or tackling the Riemann hypothesis, you must choose between two extreme contexts: to either mark time with labor, or make history with action. The hierarchy is based on Hannah Arendt’s Human Condition, so I’ve named the visualization the Arendt hierarchy.Ī mnemonic to remember the distinctions is mark time or make history. The annotations on the right characterize the locus where it is exercised, and the associated human condition. The annotations on the left characterize the kind of agency. In the past year, I’ve found myself repeatedly invoking, in all sorts of conversations, a hierarchy of agency with three levels: labor, making, and action. ![]()
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