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Chaotic Principles or Robert’s Rules of Disorder
Chaotic Principle No. I: Divest yourself of expectations.Chaotic Principle No. II: You will never be totally in control.Chaotic Principle No. III: Be a fool, not a sadist. You should be able to take it as well as dish it out. Chaotic Principle No. IV: Allow people the validity of their own emotions (humor is a … Continue reading Chaotic Principles or Robert’s Rules of Disorder
Observations on the Long Take
"It is thus absolutely necessary to die, because while living we lack meaning, and the language of our lives (with which we express ourselves and to which we attribute the greatest importance) is untranslatable: a chaos of possibilities, a search for relations among discontinuous meanings. Death performs a lightning-quick montage on our lives; that is, … Continue reading Observations on the Long Take
Garbage Day
"I 👁 actually 😳 decided 👯 to 💦 go 🏃 to 💦 Thanksgiving 🍁 dinner 🍟 this 👈 year 🎉 in 👏 my 👨 fursuit. When 🍑 I 👁 walked 🚶 in 👏 the 👏 door 🚪 my 👨 step 👞 daddy 👨 gave 🎁 me 😭 a 👌 weird look 👀 but 🍑 I … Continue reading Garbage Day
Being the Octopus
"The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms. Very often it does not know what to do with an octopus."—Albert Einstein quoted in the opening of Theory of Obscurity.
Barbara Jordan on Impeachment
The Carolina ratification convention impeachment criteria: those are impeachable 'who behave amiss or betray their public trust.'Beginning shortly after the Watergate break-in and continuing to the present time, the President has engaged in a series of public statements and actions designed to thwart the lawful investigation by government prosecutors. Moreover, the President has made public … Continue reading Barbara Jordan on Impeachment
Agree to Disagree or Fight
"'I don't believe in argument," he said......'You don't?' Erens said, genuinely surprised. 'Shit, and I thought I was the cynical one."'It's not cynicism,' he said flatly. 'I just think people overvalue argument because they like to hear themselves talk.''Oh well, thank you.''It's comforting, I suppose.' ... 'Most people are not prepared to have their minds … Continue reading Agree to Disagree or Fight
Diversity vs. Inclusion
"Diversity is being invited to the party; inclusion is being asked to dance.” —Verna Myers, Esq. quoted in Daniel Harvey, "Big Tech's big inclusion problem." 20 Minutes into the Future. October 22, 2019.
Arguing for a Different Reality
"Always remember that to argue, and win, is to break down the reality of the person you are arguing against. It is painful to lose your reality, so be kind, even if you are right."–Haruki Murakami, probably in Colourless Tsukuru Tazaki
Stephen Jay Gould
"But, as we consider the totality of similarly broad and fundamental aspects of life, we cannot defend division by two as a natural principle of objective order. Indeed, the 'stuff' of the universe often strikes our senses as complex and shaded continua, admittedly with faster and slower moments, and bigger and smaller steps, along the … Continue reading Stephen Jay Gould
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