Posted by Bob Adamcik | Jan 29, 2022 | Modern culture, Notes, Search | 0 |
Somewhere in my distant past I disavowed consumer culture. Pretty easy. I wasn’t into material things anyway. Later, I left behind a lot of what passes for food today. Since our affinities for salt, sugar and fat are...
Read MorePosted by Bob Adamcik | Jan 27, 2022 | Admin, Death, Happiness, Human Nature, Mortality, Significance, The self | 0 |
…and also birth, the two truly existential experiences in the life of each of us. Existential, in fact, by definition. Interesting that we obsess about the end of our existence, yet seldom give its beginning a second...
Read MorePosted by Bob Adamcik | Jan 25, 2022 | Human Nature, Notes | 0 |
…no, not the software. I’m thinking of the instantaneous micro-slice you get of someone’s life as you pass them on the street, as they ride by on a bike, or speed by in a car. Behind that tiny glimpse is a...
Read MorePosted by Bob Adamcik | Jan 12, 2022 | Admin, Notes, Self-image, The self, Values | 0 |
After watching the social and political theater of the last half-dozen years, I’ve decided an easy way to characterize people is by their moral compass: Do they appear to have one, and if so, what is their North Star? This...
Read MorePosted by Bob Adamcik | Jan 5, 2022 | Admin, Contentment, Happiness, Modern culture, Notes, Search, Self-image | 0 |
…specifically, how modern commerce and Madison Avenue have assured that we have too many. That’s not their intent. They just want to sell, and pseudo-innovation is a company’s way of competing, albeit a questionable...
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