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Convenience.
We all cherish it. My friend older friend Robert accuses me of being born with a mouse in my hand. Yeah it’s true we do have the world at our fingertips with the internet.
I wouldn’t blame the internet and todays technology for our dependence on convenience. It’s more than that. Society progresses like crazy and it has become exponential. Progression makes the world smaller and more accessible. I think this is fine. But there is a byproduct of all the progression and convenience.
Wonder.
Is there a lack of wonder that has grown out of our quasi futuristic society?
Technology puts a lot of power in my hands and makes me feel big. When what I really need everyday is to feel small.
Today I will wonder.
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Bedtime Beatdowns and Thomas Hobbes
For all the philosophy buffs.
I saw this picture:
And immediately thought of this quote:
“…every person ought to endeavor peace as far as he has hope of obtaining it; and when he cannot obtain it, that he may seek and use all helps and advantages of war…”
It’s a bedside table that turns into a sweet little weapon. My philosophy classes were my favorites in college.
[tags]Thomas Hobbes, natural law theory, philosophy[/tags]
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Philosophy | Does the Universe Have a Purpose?
Here is a great way to get your brain moving. Read this.
“Theologians typically focus on questions that they have invented for their own puzzlement. Some theologians are perplexed by the nature of life after death, a notion they have invented without a scrap of evidence. “
More at the John Templeton Foundation.
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