Paul Valery, Charles Fourier, & Michael Perelman

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>>So, what's this about passionate labor? Didn't I get a rash of shit
>>for advocating something like that, just a few weeks ago?
>
>perelman doesn't glorify cycling as labor, nor did he suggest that 
>passion could only be about bodily exercise, since he included 
>programming as one form of passionate labor.  and somehow i suspect 
>that he wouldn't liken a historical transition as movement from 
>virginal and defiled.
>
>kelley

Right.  Michael, however, did make the following unforgettable remark:

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Michael Perelman (michael at ecst.csuchico.edu)
Tue, 21 Sep 1999 12:24:25 -0700

I get around on my bike.  I go home once to my office twice and to 
the gym for a total of about 15 miles per day.  I get some of my best 
work done on my bike.

--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
Chico, CA 95929
530-898-5321
fax 530-898-5901

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Yoshie