Monthly Archives: September 2019
Generation, Opportunity, Responsibility
We are the first fourth generation and we have a special opportunity. With opportunity comes responsibility. :- Doug.
Arc problem
What is the arc of humanity? What is the problem of a better humanity? :- Doug.
Meta worry?
What are your worries for humanity? Are those short, medium, or long term? Is there a meta worry? How do we find the meta worry? :- Doug.
What quality raised?
What quality of being human can be raised? :- Doug.
Questions conveyable
What questions should we be asking to get at conveyable values? :- Doug.
Ask them
Listen to stories, ask deeper questions, ask them to ask deeper questions. Ask them. :- Doug.
Hopeful today about humanity
I am hopeful today: we humans love to stretch and be stretched; I think we will stay ahead of our creations by way of our imagination and our desire to stretch. :- Doug.
Mistaking mind
Some scientists take the brain for the mind. Others say this is mistaken: there is a body-mind. Others see mind even larger, in the conversations among people. Yet life may be fooling us all, seeking to make the cosmos into … Continue reading
Limit our bettering
Take care that our bettering not limit our bettering :- Doug.
Grandchildren far-sight?
Should we give grandchildren far-sight? To ask is to answer. :- Doug.
Limits of beauty
Story can push out the limits of beauty and life. :- Doug.
Important deeper?
Do we talk about what is important? Do we devise deeper questions? Where are we going? :- Doug.
Staggering intoxicated one
We have experienced so many breaks with the past—the Renaissance with the dark ages, the industrial revolution from cottage crafts, quantum physics from Newtonian, Adam and Eve cast out of Eden, Jesus with past theologies—so many that humanity appears as … Continue reading
Story foibles
Assume the basics, such as courage, love, beauty. Tell a story of the foibles and fables of you family lineage. :- Doug.
Robin Hood’s band
We are the first generation of the long view. We are Robin Hood’s band—we have the long bow. We are tightening the string. Again, we are the first generation of the big mirror. We have a special opportunity. :- Doug.