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Comment on Meow by Dom

Tue, 25 Dec 2007 09:29:39 +0000

[…]
I might have been vaguely inclined to dismiss the stone angel as meaningless, and to go from there to the meaninglessness of all. But after I saw what Krebbs had done, in particular what he had done to my sweet cat, nihilism was not for me.

Somebody or something did not wish me to be a nihilist. It was Krebbs’s mission, whether he knew it or not, to disenchant me with that philosophy. Well done, Mr. Krebbs, well done.

Comment on Logical purity by dave

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 01:32:21 +0000

Welcome back to the internets

Comment on strftime() by Dan

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 19:00:30 +0000

I don’t get it… type safety?

Comment on Falling leaves by mike

Fri, 20 Oct 2006 02:54:52 +0000

what a great book!!!

Comment on Smoke by Dan

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 06:38:05 +0000

Good find. Biologically bizarre that we would develop a psychological drive to die… perhaps useful in cases where one’s own death would help kin with similar genes succeed. Or maybe the brain just had a field day before the genes realized it.

Comment on Gamble of nature by Dan

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 06:29:56 +0000

Is flowery language inappropriate for old ideas?

Rand and Nietzsche aren’t on my list right now, but Glass Bead Game is steadily approaching.

Steppenwolf was about _having_ a sense of humor.

Comment on Gamble of nature by Will

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 03:52:11 +0000

And earnest. No sense of humor at all in any of those three. Which is a shame, because Siddhartha sort of had one, and I’ve heard Steppenwolf and Glass Bead Game do too.

Comment on Gamble of nature by Will

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 03:51:14 +0000

What purple prose in these excerpts from Demian. These are ancient ideas, but spoken with a deep feeling of being bold, original, striving, strong, independent, and macho. Do me a favor and /don’t/ read any Rand or especially Nietzsche any time soon– I’d hate to see this blog go /that/ far in this direction!

Comment on Smoke by Will

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 03:45:58 +0000

http://www.alastairmcintosh.com/articles/1996_eros_thanatos.htm

Comment on Hardy on phones by Dan

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:56:59 +0000

I agree. A ringing phone is far more demanding than a new IM or email.

I’ve also come to appreciate email conversations as an alternative to face-to-face conversations because email allows for more time to think. When you need to respond to a difficult point, you can take an hour to research it or ponder it over lunch. It often makes for very civil and well thought-out discussions. Before email, I guess people just wrote letters — where these effects are probably more prevalent.