What is the Essence of a Unicycle?

[Abysmal Rim]

The essence of a unicycle is singular. It is one our world needs very badly. A unicyle hungers for revolution.

[timoteusmunk]

The essence of a unicycle is to keep the wheel turning. Just like our lonely planet, it keeps things in order despite all the chaos.

[muni_guy]

Originally Posted by timoteusmunk

The essence of a unicycle is to be ridden in a circus.

I remember reading that and wondering if that was a view Jobs and Lasseter still held during author interviews or if Isaacson merely came to this conclusion after watching this Pixar short from 1987 ...

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Red's Dream

Carl

[timoteusmunk]

Interesting point, Muni_Guy. Nice Pixar piece as well.

[leo]

Originally Posted by johnfoss

ERRRRRRRR! ERRRRRRRR! Sorry, I know how much you want this to be true, but at age 50, it's time for us to try other methods.

I don't expect you would try the method of impressive cars. So I guess you're going to do pairs?

Originally Posted by johnfoss

How can we know what the unicycle is truly feeling?

The unicycle is like a body, made of different parts, and like human bodies not always in harmony, but still making one object. Although a unicycle is relative simple, it still has to deal with complex forces. Interfacing with the owner? Yes; but I'm sure there are unicycle that have a opposite attitude, so like dogs, sometimes you have to wonders who owns who.

Originally Posted by Nurse Ben

The essence of an object is derived from the essence of the user

I don't know; so you have two (non-transparent) bottles mounted, and you *think* you spray yourself with the cold water, on a warm day; then the essence of sticky limonade was not to sit on your head appealing wasps.

[johnfoss]

Originally Posted by leo

I don't expect you would try the method of impressive cars. So I guess you're going to do pairs?

"So you got a car? That don't impress me much." To impress someone with something you bought is not the same as to impress them with something you are able to do. What I should have said, on that topic, is that between age 17 and 50, I saw scarce few examples of that working. And I know a LOT of unicyclists.

Originally Posted by leo

...but I'm sure there are unicycle that have a opposite attitude, so like dogs, sometimes you have to wonders who owns who.

Yes, I think we have all been "owned" by our unicycles from time to time.