We talk about progress as though it were a natural law, not a public-relations slogan. Change is inevitable; progress is subjective.

👉 https://philosophics.blog/2025/11/07/the-ethics-of-maintenance-against-the-myth-of-natural-purpose/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social

A new philosophy is overdue: the ethics of maintenance. It abandons teleological fantasies – natural or divine – and faces the mess of human construction head-on. Progress isn’t destiny. It’s the myth that keeps us from performing the necessary repair.

#Philosophy #Nietzsche #Feminism #EthicsofCare #Postmodernism #Maintenance #history

Progress isn’t destiny; it’s deferred maintenance dressed as prophecy.
Civilisation doesn’t evolve — it corrodes. What we need isn’t more “innovation,” but an ethics of upkeep.

👉https://philosophics.blog/2025/11/07/the-ethics-of-maintenance-against-the-myth-of-natural-purpose/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social

#Philosophy #Nietzsche #Feminism #EthicsofCare #Postmodernism #Maintenance #essay #amwriting

Flickr Foundation Research Fellow Jenn Phillips-Bacher outlines about what she's been thinking about, about long-term implications of digital collections access

"In focussing on the lifecycle of an object, my reading has coalesced around three main areas:

- Ethics of care throughout the life of a digital object
- Responsible data stewardship and radical transparency
- Climate impacts of unconstrained digital collections"

#Archives #EthicsofCare

https://www.flickr.org/research-diary-long-term-thinking-and-lots-of-reading/