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Paolo Soleri's Glossary of Terms |
Desirable
The desirable is that which is beyond
the immediate survival demands. In that sense, desirability
is the trigger to transcendence when by transcendence we mean
evolutionary steps that the genetic imperative per se is unable
to take, deprived as it is of reflective know-how and knowledge.
While the feasible
is inseparable from technology (the How) and thus is an agency
present from the very onset of becoming
(Big Bang ) on the desirable is strictly
a mental invention. Plants and animals, as the mineral, do
not dwell in the desirability domain. Only in the opportunistic
and probabilistic, deterministic domains. The thirsty gazelle does not desire
water. It is driven by its organism to connect with that mineral
substance. |
