May 30 2011: I have to go with your choice on the previous list, John.
Feb 15 2011: Stewart Brand: "We are as gods (on the earth) and we have to get good at it"
Things that were once fantastic sci-fi have already been surpassed and technology develops at an amazing rate, yet we still randomly pollute and mutate the natural world and wonder why we get sick. The human mind is truly amazing, and so often wasted.
May 30 2011: A quote I appreciate along these lines is: "People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds. It is something one creates." -- Thomas Szasz, psychiatrist
I would not say that I have ever reinvented myself as such, but I strive to constantly create a better me. I have known people who change personas and I find it somewhat disturbing, as it makes me wonder who is the real person.
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Feb 15 2011: Stewart Brand: "We are as gods (on the earth) and we have to get good at it"
Things that were once fantastic sci-fi have already been surpassed and technology develops at an amazing rate, yet we still randomly pollute and mutate the natural world and wonder why we get sick. The human mind is truly amazing, and so often wasted.
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I would not say that I have ever reinvented myself as such, but I strive to constantly create a better me. I have known people who change personas and I find it somewhat disturbing, as it makes me wonder who is the real person.