Su, another great read. Amazing too, how the telling of these ancient tales withstand changing details while maintaining their essential, instructive nature. I want to speak to your comments on how one can learn from the internet, IF one knows how to glean the gold from the dross. In this way, a good library of actual books, is, to my mind, superior. IF one knows how to use it. I had a learned friend in Vermont with a small, but excellent, reference library in his study. This fellow used to make a game of finding obscure information in his library faster than someone could find it on the internet. He was impressive, often beating the internet searcher's ability to ask the right questions to get to the same information. I will now speak for humanity in saying, "Fuck AI!" - alki, the Luddite
Social media has turned our generation into a bunch of Narcissuses. But still, creativity thrives in the balance of the Dionysian and Apollonian forces. Trying to fix this system is a Sisyphean task—endless and exhausting. That why one of my detractors wrote: "His arrogance is his Achilles’ heel, bound to be his downfall." Waiter, check please.
When I was young I was under the impression that Hope also escaped, and that was why we still have hope. In researching for this article I realized that Hope stayed inside. This confused me.
To your Hillman quote: it's true that Hope takes us out of the present....perhaps that's what we need, because hoping for an outcome is basically useless unless we also take action.
Su, another great read. Amazing too, how the telling of these ancient tales withstand changing details while maintaining their essential, instructive nature. I want to speak to your comments on how one can learn from the internet, IF one knows how to glean the gold from the dross. In this way, a good library of actual books, is, to my mind, superior. IF one knows how to use it. I had a learned friend in Vermont with a small, but excellent, reference library in his study. This fellow used to make a game of finding obscure information in his library faster than someone could find it on the internet. He was impressive, often beating the internet searcher's ability to ask the right questions to get to the same information. I will now speak for humanity in saying, "Fuck AI!" - alki, the Luddite
Sounds like your friend was a modern-day John Henry!
Social media has turned our generation into a bunch of Narcissuses. But still, creativity thrives in the balance of the Dionysian and Apollonian forces. Trying to fix this system is a Sisyphean task—endless and exhausting. That why one of my detractors wrote: "His arrogance is his Achilles’ heel, bound to be his downfall." Waiter, check please.
Where would we be without our detractors!
The late James Hillman once said: "Hope takes us out of the present".
When I was young I was under the impression that Hope also escaped, and that was why we still have hope. In researching for this article I realized that Hope stayed inside. This confused me.
To your Hillman quote: it's true that Hope takes us out of the present....perhaps that's what we need, because hoping for an outcome is basically useless unless we also take action.
True Su!