how much is enough?
Monica Narula - Raqs Media Collective
Joshua Schachter - Google
Rhizome Seven on SevenApril 17,2010
markets are how societies feel about concrete things.what if they were about
abstract things?
an absolution exchange
too hard
so, some experiments
mechanical turk
finally:
putting a value on guilt
26 bad feelingsx
25 peoplex
10 cents=
$56+
216 minutes of absolution from 56 people
the personal
leaving the office earlystaying silent when i should have spoken uphurting someone to protect my familyarguing with my parents as a childlaughing when something bad happens to someone elsetreating a pet like an animalforgetting my mother's birthdaybuying jewelry for my wife that might have been stolennot spending enough time with my childtreating people badlyhitting another car and driving away twenty years agofor being too successful
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the global
driving someplace i could have walkedworrying about the future of capitalismeating meatpaying taxes for a war i don't believe inflying too muchwatching the hungry go hungry
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the liminal
arguing with historyremembering how little i rememberbeing jealous of my friend's successhoping for the impossiblebeing mad at my spouse because of a dreamforgetting to let goobsessing about bad timeswondering if there is no point to life
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being mad at my spouse for something that happened in a dreamhoping for the impossiblebeing jealous of my friend's successpaying taxes because it helps a war i don't believe instaying silent when i should have spoken upworrying about the future of capitalismhurting someone to protect my familyarguing with historydriving someplace i could have walkedremembering how little i remembertreating people badlyleaving the office earlyarguing with my parents as a childlaughing when something bad happens to someone elseforgetting to let gonot spending enough time with my childbuying jewelry for my wife even though it might have been stoleneating meatflying too muchforgetting my mother's birthdaytreating a pet like an animalwatching the hungry go hungryhitting another car and driving away twenty years agofor being too successfulwondering if there is no point to life
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something natural, but should be surely avoidednot a big offenseseems quite natural, but can be avoidedsomething to be though ofone must grow out of this habit
even though it is natural, should be avoided
walking is good for health. so it should be taken seriously. a small fine would remind it thoughit is not your fault and so a small donation will do.should be avoideda small punishment for not adhering to ruleswe always regret something which we did to our parents as a child. so better to get rid of the ill feeling by paying a small charge.it is something to be regretted. so pauper-ed by a small amount may remind not to repeat.sometimes forgetting to let go results in unwanted problems. so to part a small amount may helpshould plan and spend more time as a responsible parentkleptomaniac's should be finedIt may help reduce the burden of running the charitable home.can afford to spend some money on charityBeing able to contribute to charity will definitely make mother happyonce you decide to have a pet you should treat them well. the punishment should be remembered.providing food for the needy always helps feel betterwhat if you were given a ticketsharing success with others in the form of money will bring happiness.It may elate your feelings to see the people being helped by you, and you get a meaning in life.
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arguing with my parents as a childeating meathoping for the impossiblebeing jealous of my friend's successlaughing when something bad happens to someone elsenot spending enough time with my childstaying silent when i should have spoken uptreating a pet like an animaltreating people badlywatching the hungry go hungryworrying about the future of capitalismhitting another car and driving away twenty years ago
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"I don't understand the relationship between feeling better and giving money. "