Total Media Fast: Day 7, A Cleanse Under Way
I spent part of yesterday cleaning up around the house. First, the kitchen, then the living room, and moving on to the long-neglected garage. The process of cleaning house has always had an internal representation as well. The representation in the physical world of a process that is being engaged internally.
And this process must start as close to home as possible. For a change in life direction to really hit home, it must start at home. This was well represented by throwing away old roof shingles while listening to a podcast by James Altucher and Timothy Ferris.
They addressed the idea of being "Anti-Fragile". Initially put out as a book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb with the same name, this has become a moniker for super-resilience. How instead of shirking from the hardship of the world, we use it to become stronger--clarifying our purpose and cutting out the distractions.
In relation to resilience, the quest to eradicate offense was addressed. With a national pastime of making other people accountable for the offense that we take, we are actually becoming less resilient rather than stronger. Our moral fortitude is actually undermined rather than upheld when we make others responsible for our offense. Tim Ferris and James Altucher really took this to task. I cannot say I disagree with them. That in the face of being offended we can take the opportunity to learn about a situation and grow, rather than shrinking from the situation by projecting the responsibility for the offense on somebody else... and trying to increase our illusory status by being so righteously indignant.
And this process must start as close to home as possible. For a change in life direction to really hit home, it must start at home. This was well represented by throwing away old roof shingles while listening to a podcast by James Altucher and Timothy Ferris.
They addressed the idea of being "Anti-Fragile". Initially put out as a book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb with the same name, this has become a moniker for super-resilience. How instead of shirking from the hardship of the world, we use it to become stronger--clarifying our purpose and cutting out the distractions.
In relation to resilience, the quest to eradicate offense was addressed. With a national pastime of making other people accountable for the offense that we take, we are actually becoming less resilient rather than stronger. Our moral fortitude is actually undermined rather than upheld when we make others responsible for our offense. Tim Ferris and James Altucher really took this to task. I cannot say I disagree with them. That in the face of being offended we can take the opportunity to learn about a situation and grow, rather than shrinking from the situation by projecting the responsibility for the offense on somebody else... and trying to increase our illusory status by being so righteously indignant.
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