Ilan's alt-space - Latest Comments https://theherzes.com/i-red/?disp=comments en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 drherz [Member] in response to: Frog Unicorn Laundry Tue, 15 Dec 2020 14:30:44 +0000 [Member] c646@https://theherzes.com/ <p>I&#8217;m pretty sure Unicorns piss rainbows.</p> I’m pretty sure Unicorns piss rainbows.

]]> https://theherzes.com/i-red/frog-unicorn-laundry#c646 drherz [Member] in response to: Pre-Post 71 Tue, 15 Dec 2020 14:20:08 +0000 [Member] c645@https://theherzes.com/ <p>then: as a consequence of; following in time<br /> I disagree with your statement on the most present self: this may be in your case, but for others it could be a drive toward something, or a running away from, or just silence, or perhaps disappearance.<br /> perhaps it is in the learning what to put first that the drive can arise.<br /> If you get narrow enough, I suppose you could find plenty. I suspect there are enzymes or pathways or mutations that only one person is expert in. Or almost dead arts that only have a few left, languages, obscure musical instruments, or notations, or scales, using certain media for art, or special tools or equipment. or organisms that only grow in select limited ecosystems.<br /> As to the most experts, either driving, or cooking, or making messes, but then what does it mean to be an expert at making messes?<br /> Is it arrogant or visionary to be a Galieo, or a Buckminster Fuller, or Dr. Mark? I expect there were, and still are, a lot of people out there who were thought of as crackpots, until they proved the common wisdom wrong.<br /> Maybe President Trump, Al Gore, Hilary Clinton, I don&#8217;t know why but it&#8217;s politicians that come to mind.<br /> Agree with your last statement, but then wonder if arrogance isn&#8217;t a judgement that we impose on something rather than an objective fact.</p> then: as a consequence of; following in time
I disagree with your statement on the most present self: this may be in your case, but for others it could be a drive toward something, or a running away from, or just silence, or perhaps disappearance.
perhaps it is in the learning what to put first that the drive can arise.
If you get narrow enough, I suppose you could find plenty. I suspect there are enzymes or pathways or mutations that only one person is expert in. Or almost dead arts that only have a few left, languages, obscure musical instruments, or notations, or scales, using certain media for art, or special tools or equipment. or organisms that only grow in select limited ecosystems.
As to the most experts, either driving, or cooking, or making messes, but then what does it mean to be an expert at making messes?
Is it arrogant or visionary to be a Galieo, or a Buckminster Fuller, or Dr. Mark? I expect there were, and still are, a lot of people out there who were thought of as crackpots, until they proved the common wisdom wrong.
Maybe President Trump, Al Gore, Hilary Clinton, I don’t know why but it’s politicians that come to mind.
Agree with your last statement, but then wonder if arrogance isn’t a judgement that we impose on something rather than an objective fact.

]]> https://theherzes.com/i-red/pre-post-71#c645 drherz [Member] in response to: Pre-Post 70 Mon, 14 Dec 2020 17:23:02 +0000 [Member] c644@https://theherzes.com/ <p>What results do you want? Really, specifically??? When you are clear on that, you can start making the plan to get them.</p> What results do you want? Really, specifically??? When you are clear on that, you can start making the plan to get them.

]]> https://theherzes.com/i-red/pre-post-70#c644 drherz [Member] in response to: Every Day Mon, 14 Dec 2020 17:20:29 +0000 [Member] c643@https://theherzes.com/ <p>First, there are a few words you could not mix up, like than/then: you use them enough, you could use them correctly.<br /> Second, I don&#8217;t know exactly how you are conceiving discipline, but it seems an element might be as self-coercion. I don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s an entirely worthy pursuit.</p> First, there are a few words you could not mix up, like than/then: you use them enough, you could use them correctly.
Second, I don’t know exactly how you are conceiving discipline, but it seems an element might be as self-coercion. I don’t think that’s an entirely worthy pursuit.

]]> https://theherzes.com/i-red/every-day#c643 drherz [Member] in response to: Weekend Post Number Something Or Other Mon, 14 Dec 2020 17:15:31 +0000 [Member] c642@https://theherzes.com/ <p>What about what stick, or what carrot after deprivation? We can suggest change to minds via brainwashing, we can damage them, wipe them, shock them. </p> <p>And that&#8217;s what growing up is: choosing one thing rather than another, one place to play more so that you can be better there than anyone else, or at least enough people that your services are wanted.</p> What about what stick, or what carrot after deprivation? We can suggest change to minds via brainwashing, we can damage them, wipe them, shock them.

And that’s what growing up is: choosing one thing rather than another, one place to play more so that you can be better there than anyone else, or at least enough people that your services are wanted.

]]> https://theherzes.com/i-red/weekend-post-number-something-or-other#c642 drherz [Member] in response to: It's My Birthday Mon, 14 Dec 2020 17:09:12 +0000 [Member] c641@https://theherzes.com/ <p>But what is someone&#8217;s value, and how do we see it? And what if we see value differently than the person?</p> But what is someone’s value, and how do we see it? And what if we see value differently than the person?

]]> https://theherzes.com/i-red/its-my-birthday#c641 drherz [Member] in response to: All I Can Do Right Now Mon, 14 Dec 2020 16:23:40 +0000 [Member] c640@https://theherzes.com/ <p>I think that&#8217;s true.</p> I think that’s true.

]]> https://theherzes.com/i-red/all-i-can-do-right-now#c640 drherz [Member] in response to: Pre-Post 67 Mon, 14 Dec 2020 16:14:52 +0000 [Member] c639@https://theherzes.com/ <p>I think &#8220;heartless&#8221; is also very culture specific. In some cultures, a mixed culture child can be treated very badly. Would it be heartless to abort a child on that account? What about if you already had a child in a country with a one child policy? What if you knew having a second would cause hardship to the first, and perhaps put the whole family structure at risk?<br /> What about killing an enemy, or a non-combatant from the enemies side? What if the likelihood was high that by not killing him, information would leak about your whereabouts putting your unit at risk?<br /> Or is it simply not having the empathy that we&#8217;d expect?<br /> Or taking joy in firing people? But what if we know that will save the company, and a whole lot of other people&#8217;s jobs.</p> I think “heartless” is also very culture specific. In some cultures, a mixed culture child can be treated very badly. Would it be heartless to abort a child on that account? What about if you already had a child in a country with a one child policy? What if you knew having a second would cause hardship to the first, and perhaps put the whole family structure at risk?
What about killing an enemy, or a non-combatant from the enemies side? What if the likelihood was high that by not killing him, information would leak about your whereabouts putting your unit at risk?
Or is it simply not having the empathy that we’d expect?
Or taking joy in firing people? But what if we know that will save the company, and a whole lot of other people’s jobs.

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