RE: everything I’m checking out/working on/thinking about
a record of mindful consumption, production, and reflection
Fresh
Assumed Identity
I woke up this morning to the memory of a person from my past. She was not someone I was close with. I saw her a few times per week during the years that were occupying the same world. But I don’t recall having a conversation with her that lasted more than a few seconds.…
Active Pursuit
For better or worse, we live in the aftermath of human ambition. People have the urge to explore ideas, spread art, gain power, start movements, accumulate wealth, make war, make peace, make love, and everything else in between. Our mixed bag of joy and sorrow proceeds from these goal-driven pursuits. With focus and resolution, we…
To Win(or not to lose?)
I don’t play to win. My only motivation seems to be to survive for another day. I don’t have a long view of what is possible anymore. Everything beyond the thing that I must do today feels out of reach. I know this approach ultimately leads to loss. But maybe things won’t fall apart today.…
On The Road Ahead
I bought this book some time in the Late 1990’s Predicting the future is a fool’s errand. But if you have guessed right a bunch, it can give you the illusion that you know what coming next. The book was orignally published in 1995 but Gates released a revised and updated edition just one year…
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G. Forte 