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 >
