Commonsense is the realised sense of proportion.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I am obsessed with proportion, and how proportion is perceived.
In an approximate way, the logic of commons has been understood for a long time, perhaps since the discovery of agriculture or the invention of private property in real estate.
The rise of capitalist practice and morality brought with it a radical revision of how the commons are treated, and also of how they are conceived.
Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has.
One of the tricks of life is to have sense and money in roughly equal proportions.
Proportion is that agreeable harmony between the several parts of a building, which is the result of a just and regular agreement of them with each other; the height to the width, this to the length, and each of these to the whole.
The extent to which all people in our society are made to count, and believe that they count, is not just a measure of decency; it makes sound economic sense.
Common sense is calculation applied to life.
If the Internet teaches us anything, it is that great value comes from leaving core resources in a commons, where they're free for people to build upon as they see fit.
Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all.