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An existential dilemma — indeed a {{tag|paradox}} — first adverted to in the libretto of Oliverro Rigatoni’s now largely forgotten comic opera ''[[La Vittoria della Forma sulla Sostanza]]'' (often performed in German, as ''[[Die Eroberung der Form durch Substanz]]'') the modern world is blighted by the comforting embrace of boxes to tick, checklists to complete, and audit trails to measure, all of whom substitute for a qualitative assessment of a state of affairs the measurement of its superficial dimensions.
An existential dilemma — indeed a {{tag|paradox}} — first adverted to in the libretto of [[Puttanesca Rigatoni]]’s now largely forgotten comic opera ''[[La Vittoria della Forma sulla Sostanza]]'' (often performed in German, as ''[[Die Eroberung der Form durch Substanz]]'') the modern world is blighted by the comforting embrace of boxes to tick, checklists to complete, and audit trails to measure, all of whom substitute for a qualitative assessment of a state of affairs the measurement of its superficial dimensions.


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*Closely related to the [[technology paradox]]
*Closely related to the [[technology paradox]]

Revision as of 11:07, 19 December 2018

An existential dilemma — indeed a paradox — first adverted to in the libretto of Puttanesca Rigatoni’s now largely forgotten comic opera La Vittoria della Forma sulla Sostanza (often performed in German, as Die Eroberung der Form durch Substanz) the modern world is blighted by the comforting embrace of boxes to tick, checklists to complete, and audit trails to measure, all of whom substitute for a qualitative assessment of a state of affairs the measurement of its superficial dimensions.

See also