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"Most of what we do doesn't matter" One of the pernicious aspects of our culture of celebrity worship is that it leads to the feeling that if something won't b
by pitt1980 8y ago
"Most of what we do doesn't matter"
One of the pernicious aspects of our culture of celebrity worship is that it leads to the feeling that if something won't be recorded in a book, or on TV, or in a movie, that it doesn't matter.
This is wrong, the instance to instance living of our lives matters, it all matters.
I've seen Space Odyssey a few times, its a cool movie.
How I treat the people I come in contact with today, will matter as much to their lives as how they spent 3 hours several years ago.
It all matters.
- philwelch 8y agoHow I was treated by most of the people I have come in contact with over the past three months of my life will be forgotten over the course of the next three months. I will never forget 2001: A Space Odyssey. And this is true for millions of people. It doesn't have to have anything to do with celebrities or entertainment, but it's very hard and very remarkable to have a profound impact on large numbers of people. And it's exceedingly rare to do this unintentionally.
- pitt1980 8y agoBut it will have changed the quality of how you lived these 3 months, The remembering isn’t the important part, the living itself is the important part
- philwelch 8y agoIf I die at age 72, the quality of any three particular months of my life represent less than a percent of my overall quality of life. An experience that I remember or that changes my life, or an invention that I use on a regular basis, changes my life continuously from that moment forward.