Agree. I call it my DKDC (don't know, don't care) zone. There is so much happening around you, it is impossible to keep up. Because keeping up requires energy, time and attention. And often there is a shortage of those.
-- Vinayak On Sun, 15 Sep, 2019, 17:46 Sidin Vadukut, <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Sep 15, 2019 at 1:07 PM Udhay Shankar N <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I saw this line from silklister Heather Madrone on another list, and it > got > > me thinking (shared with Heather's permission): > > > > > I have no opinion on Ito and MIT and the Media Lab. I'm not > > > interested in doing the work to develop a considered view of that > > situation. > > > > Setting aside the specifics of the Media Lab clusterfuck, this is a > > remarkably concise way of conveying that > > > > 1) It takes *work* to build enough perspective to have an informed > opinion > > about something; > > 2) Having an informed opinion is a good thing; and > > 3) Not having an opinion is OK if one can't have an informed opinion. > > > > Thoughts? > > > > Udhay > > > > -- > > > > ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) > > > > I am in very strong agreement. I find it very easy to get sucked into easy > scholarship -> say something stupid online -> refuse to acknowledge -> > grind your heels in -> and loop. > > Best to care about three things deeply than ten things shallowly. If that > makes sense. > > -- > > > *Sidin Sunny Vadukut* > Mobile: +44 757 244 1292 / +91 730 611 6314 > Blog: http://www.whatay.com > @sidin >
