MH You don't need permission

[Admin]

It (system 5050} gives me permission to do nothing

You don't need permission to do nothing - the difference with 50/50 is that it obliges you to do nothing.

Martin Hackett

[hartwell]

I'm really good at doing nothing, judging by the out put over the weeks.
50 50 makes me conscious of this and then obliges me to do something.
I begin to ponder whether being silent is 'doing nothing' and making a quiet drone while thinking about the supermarket closing time is 'doing something'.
I might say it 'gives me permission (just?) to listen'. I wonder if it 'requires' this? 'Requests' maybe.

robin H

[Phil Morton]

It (system 5050} gives me permission to do nothing

We can unpick this, from different points of view (POV): rules, what is nothing,

Another POV might be emotional? - when I am in tacet mode i feel more relaxed, at ease.

To be continued