November 17, 2004

Prelim News - the mahatma spake

Ghandi was right - First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. But do the games ever stop, even after you win? Can you ever get back to paying attention to the things that are really important, rather than just defending turf? Inquiring minds want to know.

In 7th grade, Mr. Passaro said - A philosophy is to a person as a rudder is to a boat. Current philosophy doesn't allow an individual to focus on his task to the exclusion of the public interface. Performers on stage with the public have a game face that meets public expectation - but it comes off at private times surrounded by friends and family. Invasion of that space is an invasion of property rights. Yet more public institutions demand that time from real people, who don't have the clout of the name recognition of actors and athletes.

People need latitude to succeed. Luck is when preparation meets opportunity. When those factors come together to create new modes of thinking, we will have progress in the state of the world. We must stop looking for help from outside and look inward.

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