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April 8, 2006
Apparently climbing on icebergs is a really bad idea as icebergs often roll over, break into smaller pieces and are extremely dangerous to get anywhere near, never mind to climb on.
Still, it's a different form of leisure, such as shopping adn resort holidays which, as Adorno remarked are an after-images of the work process---a compensation for alienated labour. That kind of free time is still occupied by work, still shackled to it. . There is no genuine freedom in work or in free time, no autonomy-- it is still being shaped. Increased productivity should increase our free time, but this will still be in the realm of unfreedom.
Adorno remarks:
The man with leisure has to accept what the culture manufacturers offer him. Kant’s formalism still expected a contribution from the individual, who was thought to relate the varied experiences of the senses to fundamental concepts; but industry robs the individual of his function. Its prime service to the customer is to do his schematising for him.
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Makes for cool pics.
The internet is giving people the oppurtunity to publish output with their leisure time. I know muy leisure time is often spent publishing words, music and images to a global audience.