Try this #2
Stop for a moment with what you are doing and imagine how it could become a story. Now picture yourself telling that story. Who do you see in the audience?
Month: June 2015
The God Question in a Nutshell
The God question is not about belief. It is about a concept. The concept of God is That of which nothing greater can be thought. Simple. It can only be Spinoza's pantheistic god. But our grammar demands that we can point at that God. In four-dimensional space, we can point at the big bang, when ...
Shakespeare on sex
There is more between foreplay and orgasm, Fellatio,
Than is dreamt of in your philosophy.
Just Make It Sacred
Why do you eat vegetables? I admire the fact that you're conscious of your diet, and of the ecological footprint that is minimal for locally grown seasonal vegetables, and there is no animal suffering... - Because it's cheap. Oh. And why do you live here? You are really living the emerging culture of sharing when ...
How the brain of the one percent works
Miru is sharing only an infinitesimally small piece of her chocolate cookie. I ask her if she would share with papa and she nods. Then she touches her cookie with her little thumb and index finger, and puts the crumble that sticks on her fingers to my lips. Her dexterity is excellent and her composure ...
Magic in the Moonlight – Woody Allen
I like this film precisely because Woody Allen is repeating himself. I have seen this film many times already. The Purple Rose of Cairo, Scoop, Midnight in Paris. There are a number of lovely reviews on IMDB so I'll skip the remarks about scenery, acting, and storyline (just this much: I think all these aspects ...
The making of the killing apparatus
I hate my "work" very much. I was translating a large document about inventory management and stock taking for a beer factory. After many hours sitting behind my monitor, I saw the words flashing on my screen. Warehouse. Disposal. Stock Keeping Unit. Master Record. Signing Confirmation. Suddenly it dawned on me that if this were ...
Cognitive Dissonance
Cognitive Dissonance This is about overcoming obsolete dichotomies. Cognitive dissonance is the result of a paradox the receiver was unaware of. It discontinues her consequential reasoning. In other words: it stops her in her tracks, catches her off guard, and ideally makes her re-evaluate the basic assumptions of her belief. A paradox alone is not ...