tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081122054691736188.post3388308452403623610..comments2024-03-09T05:38:40.298-08:00Comments on Nemesis: Made In Americastormnemesishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11176778911355352751noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081122054691736188.post-29067324150825840762013-12-11T06:16:10.266-08:002013-12-11T06:16:10.266-08:00And those who do wake up often find the light too ...And those who do wake up often find the light too bright or the reality too, uh, real. Getting a package deal to run back into the cave has become a primary occupation in our world today. See Cipher of The Matrix. <br /><br />The Kenyan story (does KIPP exist in Kenya?) works very well to illustrate your meditation, Doug. I had called the KIPP-notizing process "cultural sterilization"James Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04462754705431590571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081122054691736188.post-5004853439272898292013-12-01T19:00:24.894-08:002013-12-01T19:00:24.894-08:00I think though what this begs is that we actually ...I think though what this begs is that we actually attempt to construct those environments for our children once we become aware that our sense of self WAS constructed by our situation. Unfortunately, we are "trained" so as to accept that environment as the ground of all truth.<br /><br />This is the argument for education--well, a certain kind of education--not our school system stormnemesishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11176778911355352751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081122054691736188.post-8614280204790473532013-12-01T16:26:47.349-08:002013-12-01T16:26:47.349-08:00this is a thought-provoking post. i've been th...this is a thought-provoking post. i've been thinking lately that we all live in our own constructs. what we believe, understand, decide, attune to, is all constructed within our minds by culture and, in smaller part, by heredity. to me, the strongest line/conclusion in your post is: "...that from day one our particular environments serve to train our minds and bodies to act and think in jenniferhttp://www.livingonink.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081122054691736188.post-81787682206314939402013-12-01T04:31:18.385-08:002013-12-01T04:31:18.385-08:00It strikes me that we continually just seek quick ...It strikes me that we continually just seek quick answers about really irrelevant "mysteries." But this is the way a culture immersed in the answering branch of learning must proceed. <br /><br />The problem with much of the practice of the scientific method to things like these particular runners abilities is that we cannot "replicate" the supposed answer. We will wait on stormnemesishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11176778911355352751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081122054691736188.post-76854358714933233612013-11-30T21:34:53.124-08:002013-11-30T21:34:53.124-08:00Interesting piece Doug. I heard that piece about t...Interesting piece Doug. I heard that piece about the Kenyan runners also. It bothered me at the time but I didn't take the time to think through as to why. It is a habit of cultures to criticise what they don't understand or want to understand about other cultures.<br />I have to think on your outlaw concept. <br />Television is spectacle. You can't truly get news from it anymore. <focushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02073347755772744710noreply@blogger.com