ANT 2103 Lecture 1: March Notes
13 Feb 2017
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Tasks of the activity actually match up so you"re simultaneously challenged. Gamblers aren"t the only people who experience flow. Flow is addictive when it"s a means of escaping from reality. Functionally autistic = become one with the machine: o. The same people go to the same machines; biological functions are suspended. 3 different kinds of suspensions: social ties, conventional significance and regular passage of time. Control and loss (controlling your own losses) Thinking through the lens of political subjectivity. Everyone is hungry for something - executive chef amir. Why change the food if you"re working for the same company that is always packed. Buffet is like a choice; you have the choice to accept or refuse what you want to eat. Can be savage; so they get one item at a time. Eat, vomit in the bathroom, eat again. Food assembly line; gives a particular rhythm to the process.
