- June 19, 2008
I continue to draw great inspiration from Stewart & Cohen's book Figments of Reality, a book that has clearly also influenced my favourite philosopher John Gray. In the book they state:Living
species, including humans, are emergent properties of (what Daniel
Dennett has labeled) the 'pandemonium' of the body's semi-autonomous
processes -- We are a complicity of the separately-evolved creatures in our bodies organized for their mutual benefit i.e. we are an organism.
And our brains, our...
http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/2008/06/19.html#a2177
- June 18, 2008
Last year I wrote an article on when not to use e-mail. In a nutshell, you shouldn't use e-mail:To communicate bad news, complaints or criticism: Deliver it face to face or at least by phone. Not voice-mail either.When you are seeking information that is not simple and straight-forward: Walk down the hall or pick up the phone and ask for it directly. When you are seeking approval on something that is involved or controversial: Same answer as 2: in person or by phone.When you're sending a...
http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/2008/06/17.html#a2176
- June 17, 2008
I've
been thinking more about my Mid-Year Intentions, the things I intend to
get done in the next six months, and intentions I failed to realize in
the last six months, in the context of some recent discussion about our
obsession with doing rather than being. Viv McWaters said: I&146;ve been pondering the need to be seen to be DOING, the need to
produce OUTPUTS or PRODUCTS and the dilemma of the intrinsic worth of
simply BEING with others and having conversations. This situation..
http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/2008/06/16.html#a2175
- June 15, 2008
Cookie Monster No Want to Delete Cookies! by Gegen Den StrichInsane Profit Expectations: The Anglo Disease: Our economy's unsustainability is due to an expectation that inflation and interest rates will remain forever low and hence corporate profits forever high. The fragility that we now face as a result has been dubbed "The Anglo Disease". Here it is in a nutshell:
Describing the interest rates set by the bond market as the &147;cornerstone&148; for valuing equities and other...
http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/2008/06/14.html#a2174
- June 13, 2008
Image: Suicide by Scandinavian artist Joakim Back.In May 2006, in a review of Nick Hornby's book A Long Way Down,
I concluded with a synopsis of three important questions Hornby poses
in the book, questions that are critical for us all to ask and answer
for ourselves:If we have no choice,
how can we best stop fighting the inevitable, stop wasting time trying
to be what are not and cannot be (and trying to make others what they
are not), get real about our hopes and dreams, and accept...
http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/2008/06/13.html#a2173
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