{"id":45,"date":"2018-08-09T13:18:19","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T13:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/63-2-tiger-cub\/?p=45"},"modified":"2018-08-15T13:38:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-15T13:38:00","slug":"notes-by-david-mcelroy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/63-tiger-cub\/2018\/08\/09\/notes-by-david-mcelroy\/","title":{"rendered":"10 April 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Notes by David McElroy<\/p>\n<p>Recap of Last Lab<\/p>\n<p>Connor + Grace<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Put on the muffler, kickstand, need to keep working so it\u2019s easier to assemble<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Noelle + Alex<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Found parts to assemble shocks, cleaned and attached them<\/li>\n<li>Attached rod for brake pedal, spring for kickstand<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hannah + Eric<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Loosening and tightening spokes, tuning the front wheel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Emily + Jordan<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Asdf<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Jake + Brandon<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Put together different components of the fork<\/li>\n<li>Work on stanchions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Charlie + Julianne<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Putting top end onto bottom end<\/li>\n<li>Now that covers for pushrods have arrived, can be completed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Alex K<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Put the transmission in the engine !!<\/li>\n<li>Gear shifting is working well<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ricky<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cleaning wires up and putting coils in stator<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Discussion of ZAMM<\/p>\n<p>Chapter 25 (led by Jake)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Not many motorcycle references<\/li>\n<li>Talked about technology\n<ul>\n<li>Some people find it very ugly, but it doesn\u2019t have to be<\/li>\n<li>If people put care into something, it has Quality, so it can be beautiful<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Technology is not (inherently) an exploitation of nature, but a blending of human efforts with nature<\/li>\n<li>Practical part of the book! Giving actual life advice\n<ul>\n<li>Peace of mind: in your daily life, in your community<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Generally regarded as a good chapter by the class<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Chapter 26 (led by Julianne)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Motorcycle references\n<ul>\n<li>Compared motorcycles to cars \u2014 motorcycles are longer-lived<\/li>\n<li>All the things that can go wrong when you buy a part \u2014 so make your own!<\/li>\n<li>Elasticity of bolts \u2014 washers to add resistance, to hold things in place<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Gumption\n<ul>\n<li>Someone who connects with Quality is filled with gumption, and umption in turn promotes Quality<\/li>\n<li>Setbacks:\n<ul>\n<li>Out of Sequence Assembly: need to be very careful, take notes<\/li>\n<li>Intermittency: importance of learning how to fix it yourself<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Hangups:\n<ul>\n<li>Value traps: not being willing to reevaluate values; need to slow down and examine situation<\/li>\n<li>Truth traps: subjective vs objective argument, yes\/no is a false dichotomy; ask a better question<\/li>\n<li>Muscle Traps: for example, inadequate tools, bad surroundings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Form &amp; Function\n<ul>\n<li>Form ever follows function, don\u2019t add decoration \u2014 there is elegance in a well-designed structure already<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Also a well-regarded chapter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Chapter 27 (led by Professor Littman)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Back behind the glass door<\/li>\n<li>Phaedrus is starting to wake up, starting come back<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Chapter 28 (led by Professor Littman)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shifting back and forth between perspective, between \u201cPhaedrus\u201d and \u201cI\u201d<\/li>\n<li>His troubles as a student \u2014 between many different majors<\/li>\n<li>His struggles with Quality<\/li>\n<li>Struggles with the department\n<ul>\n<li>He wants to teach Quality<\/li>\n<li>They want him to focus on writing, not philosophy, or they\u2019ll kick him out<\/li>\n<li>So he decides to make them kick him out<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Mythos vs. Logos\n<ul>\n<li>Perhaps another form of the Romantic vs. Classical divide?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Model T!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Everyone got a chance to drive Princeton\u2019s Model T, which everyone thought was really cool!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Notes by David McElroy Recap of Last Lab Connor + Grace Put on the muffler, kickstand, need to keep working so it\u2019s easier to assemble Noelle + Alex Found parts to assemble shocks, cleaned and attached them Attached rod for brake pedal, spring for kickstand Hannah + Eric Loosening and tightening spokes, tuning the front &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/63-tiger-cub\/2018\/08\/09\/notes-by-david-mcelroy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;10 April 2018&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/63-tiger-cub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/63-tiger-cub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/63-tiger-cub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/63-tiger-cub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/63-tiger-cub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/63-tiger-cub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54,"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/63-tiger-cub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45\/revisions\/54"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/63-tiger-cub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/63-tiger-cub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/63-tiger-cub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}