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[PEN-L:32490] Re: Stallin Stalin 3 of 3



Several excerpts:

> That is to say we are passing from an industrial formation
> to something new that has not yet taken shape.

> Is this not proof positive we are in transition: we don't
> know how to say what we want to say because transition by
> definition is instability of perceived form.

> Stated another way, the relationship between things is
> understood qualitatively after the emergence of a new
> qualitative feature that makes one say, "oh a new
> relationship is talking place."

It is my turn to say I concur. I also feel that a new
relationship is taking place, although I don't know how to
explain what I sense is coming to existence. Not necessarily this
transition is discontinuous, such as a leap or a jump, but we are
in transition to something new it feels. "New" is not necessarily
"better", though. We will see whether it is "good" or "bad" when
we get there. All I am hoping is that "we" can give it a push in
such direction that when the instability is over and a new
equilibrium is reached, where we land for the most is more
"pleasant" than it is now.

Best,
Sabri




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