I am somewhat surprised that what I intend to write about this week may indeed not be a HUGE leap from what I wrote about last week. Many things have been going through my mind — or maybe I should say: many influences. When I finally came up with the title for this post, it… Continue reading All Through Our Existence: The – A – My
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Supply, Demand and Making or Creating Meaning
If someone knocks on my door and / or rings my doorbell only to tell me they want to offer me new and improved meaning I will probably tell them to go … do something else. I don’t need or want any interruptions in my life, thank you very much. I want to move forward,… Continue reading Supply, Demand and Making or Creating Meaning
Mythical Man in the Mirror versus IRL Human in the Middle
I recall hearing Michael Jackson’s “Man in the Mirror” being played over and over again on the radio. I didn’t know the title of the song back then, and I actually seemed to hear it as “Man in the Middle”. Every now and then I would think “what is he saying about middlemen?” It probably… Continue reading Mythical Man in the Mirror versus IRL Human in the Middle
Who is Free to Choose?
I distinctly remember my father telling me to watch TV once — or rather: strongly recommending me to sit down and watch it together with him (and whoever else in the family happened to be around). It was a very special event: PBS was doing a series with Milton Friedman, called “Free to Choose“. We… Continue reading Who is Free to Choose?
The further on I go, the less I know
Wittgenstein had a saying about “die Grenzen meiner Sprache”, namely that these correspond to “die Grenzen meiner Welt”. [1] In my not-so humble opinion, this quote misses something very fundamental about language: that it does not exist in any “particular individual” (see also the previous post, “Self Mythology“). Language is a technology that exists between… Continue reading The further on I go, the less I know
Self Mythology
This week a person near and dear to me used a particular term in a rather peculiar way … which I feel is at least odd, which I do not subscribe to, and which also seems confusing and misguided (from my point of view). Yet I cannot call it “wrong“, judging by what I can… Continue reading Self Mythology
Group Pride
Elvis was sick. Marilyn was sick. Dorothy was sick. Adolf was very very sick. They all became heroes in their times. [1] How reliable was the Oracle at Delphi? Did anyone maintain statistics about the reliability (and / or the validity) of this technology? Oh, wait a second — modern scientific methods had not been… Continue reading Group Pride
Self Determination
Among the people I met up with in Porto last weekend (see chapter 21, “Social Business Regulation: Introduction & Socio BIZ Rule #1“) was a woman from Latvia who spoke really excellent English (probably because — as she mentioned in passing — she now lives in England). She noted that she feels it is wrong the… Continue reading Self Determination
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