capability is what a thing can do. purpose is what a thing does. if the wrench sits in a drawer and rusts, if it turns nuts, if it gets buried under the foundation of a workshop for good luck, melted down for the materials; regardless if it gets used in a manner other than its creator’s intention or not, the thing it does is the thing it was meant to do. destined, if you like.
people are always wondering what the ‘purpose’ of their lives are, but that can only be known in retrospect. what did you do with your life? that was its purpose. so too with a wrench or a rentabike or any other thing.
the purpose of a thing is what it does.
Wat? No, you’re confusing purpose with capability. A wrench can pound nails, but its purpose is to turn nuts and bolts, pipes, etc.
capability is what a thing can do. purpose is what a thing does. if the wrench sits in a drawer and rusts, if it turns nuts, if it gets buried under the foundation of a workshop for good luck, melted down for the materials; regardless if it gets used in a manner other than its creator’s intention or not, the thing it does is the thing it was meant to do. destined, if you like.
people are always wondering what the ‘purpose’ of their lives are, but that can only be known in retrospect. what did you do with your life? that was its purpose. so too with a wrench or a rentabike or any other thing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_purpose_of_a_system_is_what_it_does
People are not purpose-made/designed tools
ok
Look at Comrade Two Wrenches here, bragging about how they have one wrench for nuts and bolts and one for nails
And here I gotta wrench my nuts the old fashioned way, by standing up too fast after sitting naked on a pleather couch.