Labors Of Love - From The Work Of Ivan Illich to An Antidote To Fears About Automation (diff)

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4	"A cogent essay by Jackie Brown and Philippe Mesly, written out of a deep and thorough understanding of Illich’s work. It draws on Ivan Illich: An Intellectual Journey. The essay takes up scarcity, the vernacular and what Illich called “the right to useful unemployment” David Cayley: ((https://www.davidcayley.com/ivanillich IVAN ILLICH - AN INTELLECTUAL JOURNEY, INTERVIEWS + REVIEWS))
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11	The importance of limits is a key touchpoint in Illich’s thought. He identified the “vernacular” domain as fundamental to the flourishing of human autonomy. From the Latin vernaculum, meaning “homebred, homespun, homegrown, homemade,” Illich took it to comprise the broad spectrum of agricultural techniques, building styles, culinary traditions, and language patterns that emerge when non-economic, non-standard modes of being are allowed to thrive. While the concept of scarcity is predicated on the concept of limitlessness — endless wants interpreted as needs — Illich understood that freedom requires limits. It is only by curtailing runaway economic and technological development that the vernacular can survive." https://reallifemag.com/syllabus-for-the-internet-labors-of-love/