Stuff breaks down. Stuff wears out. And fixing stuff costs money. What’s unfortunate is when people invest in complex things, only for those things to break, leaving the owner to deal with the hassle and expense of repair. Entropy is all around us. Your car will stop running. Your TV will break. You will die. […]
Month: January 2021
Philosophy of Car Ownership – Part 2
A car is one of the most expensive things you will ever own, but it is deceptively easy to take for granted. If you drive a car around for several years, this becomes a normal part of your life, and the loss of this can cause some pretty severe stress. Much of this can be […]
Philosophy of Car Ownership – Part 1
Some people think you should always buy new. Others think you should always buy used. Some would never pay to rebuild an engine on a car that is more than 10 years old. Others pay to rebuild engines on cars that are 25 or 30 years old. Our society’s Kantian ethics tends to fall apart […]