Nietzsche and Runaway Audio Consumption


Came across this today. A lot of posts bring up the issue of "how much is enough?" or "when is audio consumption justified" etc.

Does this Nietzsche aphorism apply to audio buying? You be the judge! 

Friedrich Nietzsche“Danger in riches. — Only he who has spirit ought to have possessions: otherwise possessions are a public danger. For the possessor who does not know how to make use of the free time which his possessions could purchase him will always continue to strive after possessions: this striving will constitute his entertainment, his strategy in his war against boredom. 

Thus in the end the moderate possessions that would suffice the man of spirit are transformed into actual riches – riches which are in fact the glittering product of spiritual dependence and poverty. They only appear quite different from what their wretched origin would lead one to expect because they are able to mask themselves with art and culture: for they are, of course, able to purchase masks. By this means they arouse envy in the poorer and the uncultivated – who at bottom are envying culture and fail to recognize the masks as masks – and gradually prepare a social revolution: for gilded vulgarity and histrionic self-inflation in a supposed ‘enjoyment of culture’ instil into the latter the idea ‘it is only a matter of money’ – whereas, while it is to some extent a matter of money, it is much more a matter of spirit.” 

Nietzsche, Friedrich. 1996. Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits. Cambridge University Press. (p. 283-4, an aphorism no. 310)

I'm pretty sure @mahgister will want to read this one! (Because they speak so artfully about avoiding the diversion that consumption poses to the quest for true aesthetic and acoustic excellence.)

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You are not wrong! I will say you are right...

But at least these are only facts in these few line..

Then in fire? yes...

But not set by me.... North america is on fire now about freedom issues...

Then why not spelling the truth in a "philosophical" audio threads?

And for death count think just about the "opioid" criminal count...

it make me puke...

People life shattered by criminal officially backed up right now by most politicians..

In my country canada it was the truckers that acted wisely and pacifically... The greatest pacific organization manifestation the world has ever seen... It is not Washingtom mob here... It is a worlwide movement of consciousness..

And like consumerism blind people in audio matter, mass hysteria, conformism, like described in Asch experience and in the Milgram experience is everywhere to be seens in North america...

 

Then audio matter  and philosophy are good...

But in these time we can apply our working brain to the universal censorship ... When many ask for it...

Voltaire is dead for many hundred years ago he struggle for free speech he will be at risk to be put in jail today not in China probably in North America... In his own country he will be put on a surveillance watch and censored by google, facebook and all official medias...

Then it is not your thread which is on fire in reality ...

Is calling a cat a cat in few line, spelling the truth, is it throwing the fire?

Not really the fire is there but many with blinders donty even see it...Some want to not even acknowledge reality and facts... Caling criminal those who are criminals,  is only freedom act,  when those same officially proven  criminals are at the front page of newspaper like heroes working for us people who are censored and lied about everything... It is not hard to verify that with thousand of non paid corporate scientits worldwide...

Ash experience and Milgram experience explain it all... when i was young i did not believe these experience made sense scientifically, God! i was stupid and naive and credulous about myself also....

Speaking about a real fire is not throwing it to begin with and at last...

Then in this  little world of this audio thread my few line post is a fire, but the main thing is that my little post is pure fact and truth...Then...The fire dont come from me...Save for those who dont want to see it in the first place...

I am pretty sure you are yourself lucid and you dont use blinders..

You just remark that my last post is not neutral for an audio forum and yes you are right...

My best to you ... And thanks for this unusual intelligent thread idea...

 

Wow, you start a little fire, go away for a while, and come back to find the whole neighborhood is ablaze.

 

I agree things are on fire in many ways. I'm not a disengaged person, but I like to talk about audio on Audiogon, even if I stretch the connection a bit with some Nietzsche.

You're free to talk about and argue about whatever you like, of course.

You are a gentleman..

I know that i take too much place sometimes...

I apologize to you for that...

I will try my best to never annoy you...

I respect you...

I agree things are on fire in many ways. I'm not a disengaged person, but I like to talk about audio on Audiogon, even if I stretch the connection a bit with some Nietzsche.

You're free to talk about and argue about whatever you like, of course.

basically only psychopaths have uninspired possessions.

iow

there’s only three reasons for possessions

1) it provides biological need (in a maslow way)

2) it provides joy (in a marie kondo way or in this case a nietsche way)

3) you don’t want others to live or to have joy (in a psychopath way)