A Stone in Focus — Tag: philosophy https://www.jamesandrewscoulter.com/tag/philosophy/feed.xml 2026-11-13T13:08:08Z Clodd CMS James Andrews-Coulter https://www.jamesandrewscoulter.com James Andrews-Coulter Australian technologist living in Europe. I've played a designer, developer, manager, founder, but all i really want to do is build machines that liberate humans (even if only myself). I'm known for: playing beach volleyball in snowtime, bikepacking with my beloved bodgy bike, and starting engineering projects i have no business starting. https://www.jamesandrewscoulter.com https://www.jamesandrewscoulter.com/media/a86251aa-c14f-4d26-aa52-15a887ed8c95_5999bfe4.jpg A Stone in Focus https://www.jamesandrewscoulter.com personal <link href="https://www.jamesandrewscoulter.com/2026/11/13/on-machines-for-living-a/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/> <id>https://www.jamesandrewscoulter.com/2026/11/13/on-machines-for-living-a/</id> <published>2026-11-13T12:11:54Z</published> <updated>2026-11-13T13:08:08Z</updated> <content type="html"><![CDATA[<p class="post__context"><svg class="post__context-icon" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 384 512" width=".64em" height=".85em" aria-hidden="true" focusable="false"><path fill="currentColor" d="M0 48V487.7C0 501.1 10.9 512 24.3 512c5 0 9.9-1.5 14-4.4L192 400 345.7 507.6c4.1 2.9 9 4.4 14 4.4c13.4 0 24.3-10.9 24.3-24.3V48c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48H48C21.5 0 0 21.5 0 48z"/></svg> Bookmarked <a class="u-bookmark-of" href="https://monoskop.org/images/b/bf/Corbusier_Le_Towards_a_New_Architecture_no_OCR.pdf" rel="nofollow">monoskop.org/images/b/bf/Corbusier_Le_Towards_a_New_Archi…</a></p> <blockquote> <p>[on machines for living] A seriously-minded architect...will find in a steamship his freedom from an age-long but contemptible enslavement to the past.</p> </blockquote> <ul> <li>Eyes Which Do Not See, Towards a New Architecture - Le Corbusier, 1931</li> </ul> <p>Something to aspire to. How much is what we're building in 2026 "mere decoration" versus "freedom from our enslavement to the past"?</p> <p><img src="https://www.jamesandrewscoulter.com/media/upload-cddbb3fc_41cdedf0.jpg" alt="The Cunarder "Aquitania"" /></p> ]]></content> <byline:author ref="https://www.jamesandrewscoulter.com/#author"/> </entry> </feed>