In his lecture “Ten Paradoxes of Technology”, Andrew Feenberg points out the paradox of the means, where the means justify the ends. Instead of the means justifying the ends, the end product -whether it’s a painting or painted walls- is not the most important; how the end product is reached is equally important. This isn’t exactly a radical idea but Feenberg pushes the idea even further by saying the means and the ends aren’t just related “but that they are in fact one and the same”. For paint, this means that the end product is both the painting and the negative consequences that are a part of the production and use of paint. This raises the question, what kind of standard should artists and painters be held
In his lecture “Ten Paradoxes of Technology”, Andrew Feenberg points out the paradox of the means, where the means justify the ends. Instead of the means justifying the ends, the end product -whether it’s a painting or painted walls- is not the most important; how the end product is reached is equally important. This isn’t exactly a radical idea but Feenberg pushes the idea even further by saying the means and the ends aren’t just related “but that they are in fact one and the same”. For paint, this means that the end product is both the painting and the negative consequences that are a part of the production and use of paint. This raises the question, what kind of standard should artists and painters be held