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> many of us But not all. What is condescending to one is a necessary insight to another. Personally, I am very grateful to people who are willing to say obvio
by afarrell 6y ago
> many of us
But not all. What is condescending to one is a necessary insight to another. Personally, I am very grateful to people who are willing to say obvious things.
I also occasionally re-listen to the audio of self-help books in order to remember things I learned which are simple yet hard.
- I_complete_me 6y agoI like this comment. It seems to me that we do forget some of our learnt wisdom and to be reminded of things we 'know' that we may have forgotten is a very human and therefore valuable thing. Maybe the purpose of the whole oral tradition - but I'm out of my depth here. The lyrics of a song (from the seventies?) summarize this for me - once you exclude the sentimental aspect: "I have a friend who's going blind, but he sees much better than I".
- afarrell 6y agoYes. Why do humans go to churches and recite prayers? > Maybe the purpose of the whole oral tradition A poem is a text which has been hand-optimized to fit in human memory.
- physicles 6y agoWe do forget! Recently there have been too many times where I “realized” something important or profound, only to go back and see it in my writing from years ago. So, like the sibling comment about prayers, I’m trying to build a system that collapses those insights into a small enough space that I can review them regularly. Kind of like regression tests for mind function.