Michael Timothy Bennett @MiTiBennett
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Michael Timothy Ben... @MiTiBen... · 6h I wonder about meaning, automation and music. Musicians were automated by the gramophone in 1887, yet there is meaning to be had both in the struggle to learn an instrument, and the mastery of one. When you get so good you don't have to try, it feels joyous. Playful. Right. When you struggle to play one little thing right and get there, it feels like hope.
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X post by 'Michael Timothy Ben...' (verified; display name and handle truncated), reflecting on meaning and automation using the gramophone's automation of musicians as an analogy, and on the meaning found in both struggling to learn an instrument and in mastering it.