2003-06-19

D&G- Nature and lines of flight


p234
"Natural history can only think in terms of relationships (between A and B),
not in terms of production (from A to x)."

So true!

There's something important about Fordism (the production line metaphor) as the
ultimate Push, and the telic-like atelic pull of change in nature.

I like the "lines of flight" thing in D&G: That in the changes in the rhizome
can follow pull (and d.te./r.te.) but still be directed -- or at least have a
tumbling action, like dominoes, a "line of flight" where each step is more or
less inevitable given the surroundings, what has to be done, and what's
proceeded. So given a social situation, and social norms, and your opinions
etc, there's only a given number of things you can do, and you follow the path
to the end.

Hm. Stuff to think about.