The End of Second Hand. Part IV
Friday, September 14th, 2007 Posted in Analysis, Concepts, Second Hand | No Comments »Material goods are easy. The user queue describes the experience of a large array of them, from the ephemeral to the durable. They all fit the same abstract model. The distinctions: producers from consumers, sale from gift, public from private, useful ...
Another Round of Palaver About Second Hand. Part III
Monday, September 10th, 2007 Posted in Analysis, Concepts, Second Hand | No Comments »Watch the leaving out. In emphasizing consumption we omit the obviously critical producing side. The search for the social pattern of using up is balanced by a social pattern in the making. While conceptually separate ...
More Second Hand Stuff. Part II
Saturday, September 8th, 2007 Posted in Analysis, Concepts, Second Hand | No Comments »Using up of material goods is straight forward. A queue (anywhere from one on up) of users forms for each specific item This describes the sequence and trajectory of the using up. A large range of ...
Second Hand Transfer and the Exhaustion of Value. Part I
Thursday, September 6th, 2007 Posted in Analysis, Concepts, Second Hand | No Comments »Life requires the collection and transformation of materials in our environment to usable forms that we consume. The newly produced (made-up or found or defined) is full-of-use. It falls into the hand of an initial consumer who begins the process ...