anamnesis

I was re-reading Seneca's essay On the Shortness of Life the other day. He was a part-time Stoic and Greek philosopher, ordered to commit seppuku by Nero. At least the Greek version of seppuku, which seems to involve warm baths and poison. But Greek politics aside, Seneca has some interesting observations, like: "And so there is no reason for you to think that any man has lived long because he has grey hairs or wrinkles; he has not lived long—he has existed long. For what if you should think that that man had had a long voyage who had been caught by a fierce storm as soon as he left harbor, and, swept hither and thither by a succession of winds that raged from different quarters, had been driven in a circle around the same course? Not much voyaging did he have, but much tossing about." This "tossing about" stuff is worrisome. For many years, I've explored philosophies and systems for organizing tasks and completing projects. I've used them to good effe...

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Changing guards... these days we are picking different types of representatives, from a different type of media, to leverage our opinion through new channels of influence. Forget the slow and tedious process of electing officials to officially speak for us in the "appropriate" legislative venues. We can speak through the popularity of those who share our views, and those who strike a chord of truth in the seas of propaganda and partisan news. We can vote with our attention for the most intelligent representation of truth. Which in turn focuses more attention. Kind of an agile regulatory action. And sometimes when the truth is not padded, common sense can be a rude awakening. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart M - Th 11p / 10c Baracknophobia - Obey thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Economic Crisis Political Humor Let's just hope it's effective in countering this type of stuff. If it can collect enough awareness of what is happening to change it: Obama has taken th...