The punch line was obvious yet rarely followed - spend our time with the people, in the job, and in the town that give us pleasure and where we feel useful.
The alignment of feelings caused by useful stimuli and pleasure (and, by parallel reasoning, alignment of feelings caused by harmful stimuli and displeasure) would then follow from alignment of neural events of kinds (a) and (b).
From Arizona to Dubai, we build where there is no food and water as if we can just overcome the problem, and eat and consume goods as if they are inexhaustible resources useful for our pleasure and convenience alone.
If films are, more often than not, made by men and for the male gaze, then the inclusion of the vulva – even if attempting to be sexy – sits uneasily if the depiction can be too easily detached from "object literally only useful for male pleasure".
Actions are primarily directed to what is useful for us and are ruled by the criterion of interest (utile), by pleasure, nature, and habit.
The Castillonnais is used mainly for pleasure riding, and it is well adapted to the mountainous terrain of the Pyrenees, which makes is useful for equestrian tourism in the area.
We may even have the unlooked-for pleasure of being useful to someone else who draws strength from what we've built.
Ms. Zeisel's work, which ultimately spanned nine decades, was at the heart of what the museum promoted as "good design": domestic objects that were beautiful as well as useful and whose beauty lent pleasure to daily life.
It would be much healthier if a tendency to quickly resort to outraged standpoints was seen in the same way – a harmless pleasure and a useful means of release.
It is something that is also useful for everyone who travels for pleasure.
