All Nakedness themed posts appear in other categories but are also collected here. This way, I can access them easily for when I get ready to put together The Naked Book.
It was a fine party. Everyone was there. That cynical guy who we thought might not come who had said he didn't care. He was there. In fact, he seemed to really be enjoying himself Debating that radical guy, you know... ? the one with all that hair? Yea, he was there too. But that [...]
At some point we have to look at the bigger picture. To consider that little guy over there. Telling another story. To be fair, our practice is getting better. But is it too little? Is it too late? That guy over there just appears to be little, by the way. But we've known that all [...]
"Yea, yea... what do you want?" "Well, my friend here and I were talking, and... " "Good for you, what does that have to do with me?" "We just thought that... " "You just thought that you'd try and have a conversation with me for some reason I don't care to know. Well, give it [...]
“This is one of the definitions of intuition: It is that it’s knowing something without knowing why you know it.” —— Daniel Kahneman ———————————— “Good question, young lady.” “Well… ?” “Well, I know that I do think about a lot of things. I’m also quite sure that I know many things. I’m just a bit [...]
"So... what do you think?" "I don't." "You don't think?" "Oh I think alright, I just don't want to right now." "Oh... " "Look, you and your uber-diverse, little collection of friends are all nice and cool and smart and interesting and all that, but don't be expecting anything from me. I'm not a joiner." [...]
"Listen, I love these guys. Really, I do. But sometimes I have to go off by myself for a while, you know? Take care of a few things on my own. Sometimes I just get tired of all they get into. They're always making up stories and talking about stuff which they have no idea. [...]
Ok, dudes... here's my main idea for radical change, in a nutshell. (well, maybe a few nutshells) No more money. From where I sit, it's time for money to be obsolete. Think about it. Money is no longer the useful tool it once was. It has become a liability. Money is now THE primary self-imposed [...]
"I like what you said about how we (as early humans) started developing a world-view." "Is that what I said?" "Yes, it is. Not in so many words, but you were talking about how we started developing ideas. Ideas about our own role in this diverse world that we were beginning to observe and understand like [...]
“Ok, so I think next I’ll try and summarize aspects of the development of human civilizations that are pertinent to this discussion.” ------ "Civilization, eh? Hey I got something to say about that." "Oh really?" "Yea really. See... it's all about power, isn't it? Oops, strike that! It's about the perception of power. (Of course [...]
We now continue from Monday's post... ------ "I'll try my best to be succinct but there's a lot of ground to cover if you want a comprehensive accounting of my vision regarding human potential. And I'm going to need to start with a synopsis about how far we've come, so please bear with me here." (heh... bare with [...]