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I'm reading Zen and the art of motorcycle maintainance at the moment which also pushes and pulls at the limits of reason and rationality. Some of the ideas are
by Neil44 4y ago
I'm reading Zen and the art of motorcycle maintainance at the moment which also pushes and pulls at the limits of reason and rationality. Some of the ideas are quite 'dense' and worth making notes over. Worth a read.
- karmakurtisaani 4y agoI read it some time ago, really enjoyed it. Lots of layers to it too.
- bilsbie 4y ago> pushes and pulls at the limits of reason and rationality Any chance you’d be up for providing a few examples? I read it but I can’t remember that.
- 0x445442 4y agoIt’s been a number of years since my last reading but what I remember is it pulling at the thread of the concept of quality. The author stumbles upon this while teaching an introductory writing course at college. What he discovers is that it’s difficult to reduce the act of writing to a prescribed set of rules to follow in order to produce a quality piece. And yet, somehow his students, without training or much effort, are able to judge which pieces exhibit quality. This idea literally leads the author to madness.
- sifar 4y agoAnd that quality arises at the moment of interaction. It is simple but was a stunning realization for me. This rhymes with what The Tao Te Ching says that you can't be taught - you have to experience it in your own way.
- 0x445442 4y agoFantastic book. It’s exploration of quality is amazing.
- tanseydavid 4y agoZatAoMM was really a great read for me. One of my big takeaways from the book is that the main character actually managed to literally drive himself insane through hyper-rationality and over-thinking.