Friday, December 11, 2009
I was thinking about the issue of collecting experience that I discussed a few days ago.
I realized that the most important assumption is “life is a process”.
Life is is not a single decision.
This is a reason why I am uncomfortable with absolute rules. An absolute rule treats life as a single decision. [...]
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Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Ever since the healthcare debate started, I’ve been thinking about my own beliefs on the issues. All of these thoughts turn to a first question: “What is compassion?”
Compassion is a complicated term. It’s one of those shortcut terms that are used by everybody as a way to gather together a large number of complicated-yet-related ideas [...]
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Post a video about gay marriage, have a few conversations with people on facebook moments later about it.
Best: I got to talk to people who both agreed and disagreed.
It reminded me that you need to always collect. Always ask. Always listen.
Or to steal quotes from conversations last night:
In other words – by listening [...]
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Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Lately, I’ve felt like I lack a narrative structure in my life.
Now, this feeling might suggest I have issues. You know…issues.
Our lives aren’t stories that are conceived, constructed, written and published. They aren’t narrative, in the sense that there is necessarily a coherent story that connects everything neatly together at the end. [...]
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Very interesting and entertaining, all at once. A little bit thinky, too.
Edit: I believe these might all be from Indexed, one of my favorite blogs.
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