It made me sad. Being human is so much about building things up, so the thought of it all being withered down wasn't pleasant at all.
>>The fire went out at SSC/ACX because Scott stopped feeding it
Ideally, smart people should be able to meet without anyone feeding them. But I guess that is more or less impossible.
>>Hey by the way, you kept recommending I read some lady's work, but I never had time. I have time now! What was her name again? She had ideas about religion...
> It made me sad. Being human is so much about building things up, so the thought of it all being withered down wasn't pleasant at all.
Wow. Your emotions are hard for me to read. When I think about the lost and distant past, I'm not sad. I experience a sense of eerieness and awe, blending into psychogenic chills. For me, "...and they were never heard from again" is an inspiring, satisfying end to a story.
> Ideally, smart people should be able to meet without anyone feeding them. But I guess that is more or less impossible.
Unfortunately I didn't go to Scott's blog to meet people; I went there to read his posts.
That's the odd thing about social behaviors - they're what really make us happy, in the deepest and most enduring way. But you can't get the rewards on purpose - you can't be social *just* to be social. There has to be some kind of other purpose there, like raising a barn, playing a video game, or burning a witch. Afterwards the survivors all feel great, and they all have plenty to talk about, but you can't just talk about nothing. Smart people need to have something to talk about, Tove, and *that's* why Wood from Eden is the best blog.
I didn't feel sad about the past, but about the future. The past led to the present and the present is pretty awesome, so I don't find the past sad. But the picture of present civilization just disappearing felt so depressing that I reacted like "now, quickly, think of something else" when I read your post.
>>Unfortunately I didn't go to Scott's blog to meet people; I went there to read his posts.
I went there to meet people! But I came much later than you, towards the end of the SSC era. By then there were probably less interesting posts than earlier and more people than ever. Thank you for the compliment. If there is anything I have understood during the last one and a half year, it is that blogging is most of all about providing a place for people to meet. I can't say we seem to be a people magnet in terms of quantitaty. But the people who do find their way here are just that kind of people I like.
>>Huh. What was wrong with it?
It made me sad. Being human is so much about building things up, so the thought of it all being withered down wasn't pleasant at all.
>>The fire went out at SSC/ACX because Scott stopped feeding it
Ideally, smart people should be able to meet without anyone feeding them. But I guess that is more or less impossible.
>>Hey by the way, you kept recommending I read some lady's work, but I never had time. I have time now! What was her name again? She had ideas about religion...
It must have been Simone Weil.
Yes! Simone Weil.
> It made me sad. Being human is so much about building things up, so the thought of it all being withered down wasn't pleasant at all.
Wow. Your emotions are hard for me to read. When I think about the lost and distant past, I'm not sad. I experience a sense of eerieness and awe, blending into psychogenic chills. For me, "...and they were never heard from again" is an inspiring, satisfying end to a story.
> Ideally, smart people should be able to meet without anyone feeding them. But I guess that is more or less impossible.
Unfortunately I didn't go to Scott's blog to meet people; I went there to read his posts.
That's the odd thing about social behaviors - they're what really make us happy, in the deepest and most enduring way. But you can't get the rewards on purpose - you can't be social *just* to be social. There has to be some kind of other purpose there, like raising a barn, playing a video game, or burning a witch. Afterwards the survivors all feel great, and they all have plenty to talk about, but you can't just talk about nothing. Smart people need to have something to talk about, Tove, and *that's* why Wood from Eden is the best blog.
>>Wow. Your emotions are hard for me to read.
I didn't feel sad about the past, but about the future. The past led to the present and the present is pretty awesome, so I don't find the past sad. But the picture of present civilization just disappearing felt so depressing that I reacted like "now, quickly, think of something else" when I read your post.
>>Unfortunately I didn't go to Scott's blog to meet people; I went there to read his posts.
I went there to meet people! But I came much later than you, towards the end of the SSC era. By then there were probably less interesting posts than earlier and more people than ever. Thank you for the compliment. If there is anything I have understood during the last one and a half year, it is that blogging is most of all about providing a place for people to meet. I can't say we seem to be a people magnet in terms of quantitaty. But the people who do find their way here are just that kind of people I like.