Monday, February 28, 2011

Don't be dissatisfied

“How strange it is. We have these deep terrible lingering fears about ourselves and the people we love. Yet we walk around, talk to people, eat and drink. We manage to function. The feelings are deep and real. Shouldn’t they paralyze us? How is it we can survive them, at least for awhile? We drive a car, we teach a class. How is it that no one sees how deeply afraid we were, last night, this morning? Is it something we all hide from each other, by mutual consent? Or do we share the same secret without knowing it? Wear the same disguise" - Jack Gladney - White Noise by Don DeLillo

2 comments:

  1. I need to borrow this book, eh?

    not sure if I have quoted Saddr weirdr, but its a good one. I think we are indeed wired to want more, in an evolutionary sense, because more equals better chance of survival for our ancestors. I believe it is precisely for this reason that we are so easily manipulated to buy things we don't need.

    More equals better for many people on the earth today, because a certain level of economic development is crucial to unleash the full potential of human development. But more does not equal better for other people who have too much, because more has come at the expense of several key aspects of better, in this case better, more meaningful, more grounded, more connected lives.

    At this stage in the game, the things we need more of cannot be easily bought nor sold.

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  2. sorry JD, this is a little too simplistic for me. "more has come at the expense of several key aspects of better, in this case better, more meaningful, more grounded, more connected lives"

    what do you mean exactly?

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