degringolade

Photorealism (Super-Realism, Hyper-Realism) / Glennray Tutor/ Going to Heaven

Blue sky mornings the past couple of days have improved my mood greatly. It was getting entirely too “oregonish” for my tastes.

I did my walks yesterday, not where I want to be, but I am beginning the discipline of getting out and moving every day. It does help when the weather cooperates. I have rain gear, but I am of the opinion that this old body hurts more when it is rainy and cold.

So, in the process of trying to find one decent thing to read on the internet every day (a goal which is getting progressively more difficult) I ran across an article whose title intrigued me.

"Multitasking Isn't Progress—It's What Wild Animals Do for Survival"

Definitely worth a read. Not at all perfect and deals with epiphenomena and rough ideas, but gives room for thought.

The only thing in the article that really got my goat was the last paragraph. While there are nuggets in the article worth pondering, the last paragraph completely ignores the thrust of what Han appears to be saying and places the “enlightened” individual into the role of leader whose actions spur others to follow his lead. So the act of rebellion and independence merely become yet another insurmountable self-improvement fever dream.

Maybe this is the problem with reading the writings out in blogoland. I am coming to the conclusion that it is all about status. Maybe that is what ties the whole blogging phenomenon together, folks writing about things to assert their status as a thinker. Truth is, I probably fall prey to this myself. But for some reason, I think that it isn’t my main thrust. I kinda pride myself on my poor readership numbers and high bounce rates.

I think that this is mostly a diary. It gives me something to do when I am drinking my coffee in the morning and when I am otherwise bored. If you stop by, you are welcome to say hi and stop by anytime.

Just recognize that I am wrong more often than I am right.