I think you've missed the point. The point is... you need to use your body and your emotions as well as your mind. Our society is overly focussed on the mind.
Julian On 23/12/2012, at 1:52 PM, BGB <[email protected]> wrote: > On 12/22/2012 5:52 PM, Julian Leviston wrote: >> Thank you, captain obvious. >> >> Man is a three-centered (three-brained if you will) being. Focussing on only >> one of the brains is by definition imbalanced. >> >> Bring back the renaissance man. >> > > so, if, say, a person likes computers, but largely lacks either an emotional > or creative side, is this implying that computers somehow took away their > emotions and creativity, or is it more likely the case that they didn't > really have them to begin with?... > > like, a person after a while, observing that they rarely feel much of > anything, no longer have much of any real sense of romantic interest, have > little intrinsic creative motivation, are unable to understand symbolism, > tend to see the world in a literal manner, ... > > and, then wonder: "so it is? what now?..." > > doesn't really seem like it is the computer's fault anymore than a person > also noting that they are also partially color-blind. > > unless I have missed the point?... > > > a more obvious downside though is that generally, doing lots of stuff on a > computer keeps the user nailed down to their chair. even though they might > realize that getting up and doing stuff might be better for their health, > doing so is time away from working on stuff... > > I guess a mystery then would be if, some time in the future, there will be > ways of using computers which don't effectively require the users to be > sitting in a chair all day (ideally without compromising either the user > experience or capabilities). (granted, yes, traditional exercise can be > tiring/unpleasant though...). > > > as for the mentioned practice, it seems like it could conflict with a > persons' religious beliefs (many people consider these types of things as > being occult). > > more often a person might do something like memory-verses or similar instead > (like, memorize and recite John 3:16 or similar, ...). > > or such... > > >> Julian >> >> On 23/12/2012, at 4:28 AM, John Pratt <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I want to tell everyone on this list about something I found. >>> >>> Maybe someone out there hears what I say, thinks I am pretty >>> crazy for saying it to an entire mailing list, but appreciates it. >>> >>> That is the kind of person I am sometimes. I might tell a CEO >>> not to use high-class mustard on a hotdog and genuinely wonder afterwards >>> why he gets angry. So, similarly, I am going to tell all of you to >>> go to FalunDafa.org because this is the best thing I have done >>> to extricate myself cognitively from computer prison that we >>> all live in. >>> >>> It is true that computers are impressive, but they are also injurious >>> in other respects and if people won't acknowledge the downsides >>> to what they do to our cognition, I don't think that is ok, either. I am >>> actually a generalist on this subject, so I don't take technical stances >>> on this minor subject or that minor subject inside the vast field of >>> computer science. But what holds true for me also holds true for you, >>> that computers draw you in to a certain, narrow type of thinking that >>> needs to be balanced by true, traditional, human things like music or dance >>> or art. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> fonc mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> fonc mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc > > _______________________________________________ > fonc mailing list > [email protected] > http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc
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