> Lately I've been struck by how young Ivan, age 20.5 months, has taken
> up the word "New!" as a desirable attribute of commodities. I
> recently got him a new toothbrush and a new sippy cup, and both were
> identified with that word (and you could even hear the exclamation
> point!) for several days after. The capitalists are tapping into
> something fundamental and primitive with that appellation, that's for
> sure.
>
> Doug
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Well if we're going to compare notes on the toddler fatherhood thingy, my hypothesis is he's something of an admirer of Whitehead's notion of
"creative adance into novelty". Kids love structure/routine *and* the new....
"I'm living one long sunrise for to me all things are new" [Neil Peart]
Ian