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What interests me is how he was aware of technology trends, in addition to studying Buddhism and western religion. That awareness makes some of his observations
by mch82 6y ago
What interests me is how he was aware of technology trends, in addition to studying Buddhism and western religion. That awareness makes some of his observations relevant now.
I’ve found his essays & lectures interesting ever since my grandma gave me a copy of “The Book on the taboo against knowing who you are” a number of years ago. I like the “net” metaphor the most. I wish it were possible to go back and see the world as a whole, without being influenced by the labels we assign to things.
Interested to hear your impression after you read/listen to more...
- memexy 6y agoI like what I've read so far. He combines scientific metaphors in interesting ways. He's constantly making reference to physics, computation, cybernetics, information theory, semiotics, logic, general semantics, ecology, etc. I like all of those fields so his explanations make a lot of sense. I recently read "Frank Herbert" by Tim O'Reilly and Herbert also speaks with the same metaphors but with a much heavier emphasis on ecology: https://www.oreilly.com/tim/herbert/ https://www.oreilly.com/tim/herbert/. I suspect analyzing the ideas that Herbert and Watts emphasize and how they're related would be a very interesting and worthwhile exercise.