socraticmthd

I think this is a very important issue. There was a time when education was about educating character, helping young humans become adult humans - through critical thinking, reading of the classics of the

Many thanks! I've been rather busy, so I haven't been able to write anything substantive - but there are a couple of ideas in my mind; I just need to get them down on virtual paper...

Thank you so much! You certainly had - and have - done a great deal; significantly more than when I wrote that resume these days. It can be difficult to recognize how much we've accomplished; as you know,

Bear was a unique and amazing creature; I miss him deeply. And you may be right about sharing Hive things on Substack. Honestly, I haven't a clue on how to make good use of the Substack; at this point,

I have to say, that's a fascinating article - on reading, I was thinking of the Paul Harvey radio piece. @beelzael and I have been having a long, ongoing conversation on values; I'm a believer that there

It'll definitely take me awhile - it's a long book, and if there's one main plot, that plot hasn't revealed itself yet. But it gives very interesting insights on life in those horrible time - and has inspired

Well, I'll look forward to the message! That said, the best way to deal with emotions is something every human philosophy and civilization has struggled with. The Vulcan approach has a heck of a lot for

As an expat living in a country where I speak the language poorly (probably much worse than your Finnish), I can relate. I've known a couple of Finns; their comfort with silence is something that I, as

That's interesting - you'd never told me that things were that difficult for you when you first moved to Ecuador. This also better explains our very different responses to the street dogs. The larger issue,

Thank you! That actually clarifies things quite a lot. I will look at the other front ends and see if another may be a bit more intuitive for me...

Many thanks - it is very different, but certainly interesting.

Hello! I've been reading "In the First Circle" fairly slowly - it's an interesting book, though very complex structurally.

It's definitely a new world - but it's getting clearer...

That would be Beelzeel...

I'm not finding the platform exactly intuitive - but little by little, I'll get it. The dog (now in the Pure Land) was named Bear - a street dog who adopted me when I lived in Ecuador. He was an amazing

To quote the great line from The Incredibles, "If every one is special, then no one is." A case could be made that that is the goal. An undifferentiated mass of mediocrity pretending to be a

Well, parts of that had me laughing out loud (literally, not figuratively). Beyond that, though, I'm glad the conversation was as valuable for you as it was for me. I was talking to a client who said he's

It's interesting - I just read The Metamorphosis last week. I still haven't really come to terms with it. It's a book that can bear many interpretations; certainly, there's much merit in the ones you present.

That's a very tough balance to find. I've been all on the reading side lately; I have to get back to writing.

You can still set the discipline of writing daily - but make posting daily a separate goal...