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Can anyone help decipher the ending quote here? > It is easy to wake up a person who is sleeping but it’s hard to wake up someone who is pretending to be aslee
by lawrenceyan 5y ago
Can anyone help decipher the ending quote here?
> It is easy to wake up a person who is sleeping but it’s hard to wake up someone who is pretending to be asleep.
At least to me, it doesn't seem to mesh all that well with what he wrote in the overall article, but maybe I'm missing something?
- nverno 5y agoPeople will ignore new information when they've already made up their minds or are too attached to their own reality (pretend sleeping), but can easily change their minds if they accept/are aware of their ignorance (sleeping). The use of "wake" here also implies an intention to /convince/ the sleepers of something, which doesn't really jibe with the rest of the article for me, where he equates humility with lack of desire for validation, but I think it could be interpreted more passively as well, eg. enlighten.
- high_5 5y agoHave you ever tried to wake up a sleepwalking person?