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July 22, 2003

Daniel C. Dennet's CV ... HUGE!

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Emerson's The American Scholar: "The old fable covers a doctrine ever new and sublime; that there is One Man, — present to all particular men only partially, or through one faculty; and that you must take the whole society to find the whole man. Man is not a farmer, or a professor, or an engineer, but he is all. Man is priest, and scholar, and statesman, and producer, and soldier. In the divided or social state, these functions are parcelled out to individuals, each of whom aims to do his stint of the joint work, whilst each other performs his. The fable implies, that the individual, to possess himself, must sometimes return from his own labor to embrace all the other laborers. But unfortunately, this original unit, this fountain of power, has been so distributed to multitudes, has been so minutely subdivided and peddled out, that it is spilled into drops, and cannot be gathered. The state of society is one in which the members have suffered amputation from the trunk, and strut about so many walking monsters, — a good finger, a neck, a stomach, an elbow, but never a man."

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The Vaults of Erowid - Documenting the Complex Relationship between Humans and Psychoactives

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Memes.org :: Memes are Mind Viruses

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Are there such things as misogynistic gays? Gays are always really friendly to their "girlfriends" and get to share girly stuff. But are there guys who are gay simply because they can't stand the opposite sex?

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10 years from now it won't matter?

In middle shool, I used to tell kids, "dude, stop crying, or forget about this or that, in 10 years, it won't matter at all." Rue that comment! Looking back now, 10 years later, I still remember everything I did or say that was important. Sure I made some silly small infractions that were unimportant, but there were so many other things that I thought weren't a big deal at the time but have set tremendous precedents that changed my character.

I remember one time, in elementary school, I wasn't getting much attention from the "popular kids" so I adapted my behavior to sort of suck up to the crowd and "look cool." and then, after that, that became my M.O. until now, I look back and feel terrible that that's a part of my behavior.

So, remember kids, or remember now anyways, everything you do does have importance. The instant is always an opportunity to set new precedents that will live with you forever.

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Can you quantify the value of authenticity?

In what cases should one be in authentic? Under what circumstanes should one break their principles?

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How to deal with the tentacles of Bureaucracy

I think I figured out how to get yourself out of being trapped in the bureaucracy... like if your phone company charges you stuff unecessarily etc.. just call them up and say the word "Fraud" and that'll cut you in front of all the lines and phone tag. Done.

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