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The formulation of diverse projects has now become the major preoccupation of contemporary man. These days, whatever endeavor one sets out to pursue in the economic, political or cultural field, one first has to formulate a fitting project in order to apply for official approval or funding of the project from one or several public authorities. Should this project in its original form be rejected, it is then modified in an attempt to improve its chances of being accepted. If the revised project is dismissed out of hand, one has no alternative but to propose an entirely new one in its place. In this manner, all members of our society are constantly preoccupied with devising, discussing and dismissing an endless series of projects. Appraisals are written, budgets meticulously calculated, commissions assembled, committees appointed and resolutions tabled. Not inconsiderable numbers of our contemporaries spend their time reading nothing but proposals, appraisals and budgets of this nature. Most of these projects remain forever unrealized. All it requires is one or another assessor to report that a project lacks promise, is difficult to finance, or is simply undesirable, and the entire labor invested in the project’s formulation has been a waste of time.
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The Loneliness of the Project (2002), by Boris Groys