The Wilson Quarterly: America: Land of Loners? by Daniel Akst
I've been thinking for a while that it's about time for reinstating the word "acquaintance" in American English.
Then of course some facebook interface changes and soul searching might be inevitable...
Aug 23, 2010
On child rearing...
The hidden dangers of eternal parental optimism - casually presenting children with impossible situations, and hoping for the best....
"A son should respect his father
he should not have to be taught to respect his father
It is something that is natural
That’s how I’ve brought up my son anyway.
Of course a father must be worthy of respect
He can’t forfeit a son’s respect
But I hope at least my son will respect me, if
only for leaving him free to respect me or not."
from R.D. Laing
"A son should respect his father
he should not have to be taught to respect his father
It is something that is natural
That’s how I’ve brought up my son anyway.
Of course a father must be worthy of respect
He can’t forfeit a son’s respect
But I hope at least my son will respect me, if
only for leaving him free to respect me or not."
from R.D. Laing
Aug 17, 2010
Do you have an idea?...
..and what does conceiving an idea mean anyway?
Sharing ideas... I wonder how many of us can truly share ideas, when those ideas are in their most vague and fuzzy stage. Very often , we can afford to define something as an idea, when it gets to the PowerPoint eligible form (and the PowerPoint can be the proverbial napkin - it makes no difference). When something can be put on a napkin , it means the idea has already been born and is in its formation stages. But what about the time prior to that - when it's all too fuzzy and undefined to be expressed in symbols, sounds or any other form of abstraction? How many are lucky to have someone to share these pre-ideas with?
And yes, this entry is an example of a fuzzy stage in idea formation:)
Sharing ideas... I wonder how many of us can truly share ideas, when those ideas are in their most vague and fuzzy stage. Very often , we can afford to define something as an idea, when it gets to the PowerPoint eligible form (and the PowerPoint can be the proverbial napkin - it makes no difference). When something can be put on a napkin , it means the idea has already been born and is in its formation stages. But what about the time prior to that - when it's all too fuzzy and undefined to be expressed in symbols, sounds or any other form of abstraction? How many are lucky to have someone to share these pre-ideas with?
And yes, this entry is an example of a fuzzy stage in idea formation:)
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