http://www.john-shirley.com/blog/?p=1579 thoughts...rants...irony...fiction...observation... Sat, 25 May 2013 09:18:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.john-shirley.com/blog/?p=1579&cpage=1#comment-2824 mark Thu, 26 Apr 2012 04:39:04 +0000 http://www.john-shirley.com/blog/?p=1579#comment-2824 I agree that in this era of "smartphones" I have never seen so many people willfully unaware of what's around them. It's so easy to stick your nose in your smartphone to distract yourself (ultimately from your lack of willingness to know yourself) than to really BE there. They have no idea what they are missing... I agree that in this era of “smartphones” I have never seen so many people willfully unaware of what’s around them. It’s so easy to stick your nose in your smartphone to distract yourself (ultimately from your lack of willingness to know yourself) than to really BE there. They have no idea what they are missing…

]]> http://www.john-shirley.com/blog/?p=1579&cpage=1#comment-2791 Michael P. Workman Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:57:35 +0000 http://www.john-shirley.com/blog/?p=1579#comment-2791 Maybe that's just idealism for you, whatever culture you're from. As long as people can look at a tree and say 'tree', so long as people can abstract their perceptions, derive motivation and satisfaction from a story told by an inner narrator, there will be people--very intelligent people--who will follow the stories of others when it aligns with their own heartfelt desires. It must be difficult, as you are a brilliant storyteller and must be aware of this, to see others caught up in games that sometimes cripple the players. But what will come of it? Maybe that’s just idealism for you, whatever culture you’re from. As long as people can look at a tree and say ‘tree’, so long as people can abstract their perceptions, derive motivation and satisfaction from a story told by an inner narrator, there will be people–very intelligent people–who will follow the stories of others when it aligns with their own heartfelt desires. It must be difficult, as you are a brilliant storyteller and must be aware of this, to see others caught up in games that sometimes cripple the players. But what will come of it?

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