From last night…
From this morning…
There is a deep connexion between excessively rationalistic thinking and delusion. (Iain McGilchrist, The Matter With Things)
yesterday i was grateful for time spent with our friends Steve and Diane
today i am looking forward to sharing the island with Steve and Diane
November 18, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson
Ramaswamy today posted on social media, “A reasonable formula to fix the U.S. government: Milei-style cuts, on steroids.” He has suggested that cuts are easier than people think. The Washington Post’s Philip Bump noted that on a podcast in September, Ramaswamy said as an example: “If your Social Security number ends in an odd number, you’re out. If it ends in an even number, you’re in. There’s a 50 percent cut right there. Of those who remain, if your Social Security number starts in an even number, you’re in, and if it starts with an odd number, you’re out. Boom. That’s a 75 percent reduction done.”
Yesterday I was grateful for time spent with my wife, mother in law and dogs on beautiful Block Island.
Today I am looking forward to the arrival of our friends, Steve and Diane.
15 Observations On The New Phase Of Cultural Conflict
i found this really interesting…
Back in 2014, I sketched out a widely-read outline of an alternative interpretation of cultural conflict. Curiously enough, the conceptual tools I used came from a 1929 book from philosopher José Ortega y Gasset entitled The Revolt of the Masses—a work that offers surprisingly timely insights into our current situation.
In a similar vein, Jacob Needleman wrote: ‘Stay with the contradiction. If you stay, you will see that there is always something more than two opposing truths. The whole truth always includes a third part, which is the reconciliation’. (Iain McGilchrist, The Matter With Things)
i find myself with a pervasive undercurrent of sadness and fear since the election… i am not a sad or fearful person in general… even in the midst of what may turn out to be one of the worst things to happen in my lifetime, i can manage happiness here and there…
…renewing our passports… not sure where we would go but flexibility is the game here…
… apparently, the difference between f’d and completely f’d is going to be the backbone of, or lack there of, of the Senate…
yesterday, two strangers chatted me up in my local coffee shop… i found myself being very guarded… this is new to me since the election…
The Matter With Things :: Essays On Attention Paid
i have, just now, finished the closing chapter of The Matter With Things… an argument about left and right brain hemisphere roles… the author, Iain McGilchrist, tells us the world has settled too much in the left-hemisphere, and ignores a right-hemisphere way of seeing and understanding, which he says is more complete and approaches nearer to truth… he argues that science in tandem with materialist society have driven us this way…
my informal survey of supporters of Donald Trump indicates that none of them believe what i believe about him... they all say he won't do the worst things he has said he will do... i deeply desire to be proven wrong...
From this morning’s walk…
more from the theater of the absurd…
November 8, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson
There are also stories that voters who chose Trump to lower household expenses are unhappy to discover that their undocumented relatives are in danger of deportation.
i feel i am living in an absurdist play…
November 8, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson
Social media has been flooded today with stories of Trump voters who are shocked to learn that tariffs will raise consumer prices as reporters are covering that information.
i am starting to review my internet footprint for being secure from prying big tech eyes and ultimately government eyes… i have a Proton email account and have now signed up for their cloud drive and vpn service… i don’t use FB and Instagram very much… other ways to secure privacy?