Oh my goodness that young person is absorbed in so much crap that doesn't
matter.

On Tue, 10 May 2016 at 13:33 Shenoy N <[email protected]> wrote:

> I quite enjoyed reading it. Self wankery, without doubt, as Thaths
> correctly diagnoses it, but lots of terrific quotes, worthy of inclusion
> into the Unix fortune cookies file, if they ever do that one again. My
> faves:
>
> Time, of course, is the merciless slaughterer of all these infinitely
> qualified anchors of the meaning of life. Wait long enough, and every truth
> will crumble. Wait long enough, and every value will dissolve into moral
> ambiguity. Wait long enough, and every habit will decay, first into ritual,
> then into farce. Wait long enough, and every slain demon will rise again.
>
>
> The transience of the seemingly permanent is well-recognized, even though
> Buddhists around the world work hard to mystify it
>
> On 10 May 2016 at 08:30, Udhay Shankar N <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 8:12 AM, Thaths <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > I'm in my 40's and dammit I don't want to waste it reading
> > > intellectual-self-wankery premised on dubious extrapolations from
> limited
> > > first-world data sets.
> > >
> >
> > ​"Self-wankery" reminds me of the awesome Madras expression "self
> > suicide".​
> >
> > ​Udhay​
> >
> > --
> >
> > ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Narendra Shenoy
> http://narendrashenoy.blogspot.com
>

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