Maybe you are even into the esoteric world of Foreign Policy like:
I even suspect that you have set up your Personalized Google homepage to aggregate multitude of new sources, technical articles, RSS feeds, and Apple insider info, who hasn't? You may even blog.
But at the end of the day - does this constant inflow of news and information actually provide benefit? And have you asked yourself this question? Are you happier when by some quirk of fate your iphone breaks leaving you stranded in an unconnected world?
I imagine that you, like me, have other interests - photography, music, the arts. You interact in the world
Clearly, being ignorant of the world is not an option, not even a thought. But is the total news immersion that is now possible in this wired world actually a good thing? Does it bring profit? Happiness? Better relationships? Does the constant flow of quotes to friends and families give you strength, to do the things that need to be done?
I'll try to muse on this subject along with the other key topics:
- Death
- Religion
- Politics
- Charles Dickens
- Java programming language
I'll end with a quote written on the board by Gisela Berns at St. John's College on my first day as Freshman,
"Man by nature is a political animal". It is a truth that has served me well.
Ciao,
David
2 comments:
in becker's denial of death we, in order to acheive
an innate heroic need is to give our lives up to
something greater than our physical self. this
paradox is much of the biblical understanding of
our relationship to God. the heart of christianity
by borg is a good read of a transformatal faith and
life. the gift of the scriptures is to place death
and resurrection at the center of life and the
universe. this is a painful but rewarding way
of looking at ourselves and god, maybe that
is why some want to the promise of life in
some future time instead of it beginning in the
nowness of living.
curious about wanting a perfect organization
at the same time you ackowledge that man is
a political animal. if you live with the paradox
of our animality and mortality its going to
rather messy. plus i love madeline lengle
point the more we are in touch with our humanity
the more we can see god.
in becker's denial of death we, in order to acheive
an innate heroic need is to give our lives up to
something greater than our physical self. this
paradox is much of the biblical understanding of
our relationship to God. the heart of christianity
by borg is a good read of a transformatal faith and
life. the gift of the scriptures is to place death
and resurrection at the center of life and the
universe. this is a painful but rewarding way
of looking at ourselves and god, maybe that
is why some want to the promise of life in
some future time instead of it beginning in the
nowness of living.
curious about wanting a perfect organization
at the same time you ackowledge that man is
a political animal. if you live with the paradox
of our animality and mortality its going to
rather messy. plus i love madeline lengle
point the more we are in touch with our humanity
the more we can see god.
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