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Your comment reminds me of something I read in Ouspensky's narrative of the teachings of Gurdjieff: (from memory) most people are automatons, so they don't actu
by disqard 4y ago
Your comment reminds me of something I read in Ouspensky's narrative of the teachings of Gurdjieff: (from memory) most people are automatons, so they don't actually operate at a very high level of intelligence to begin with.
The above was also expressed (in less cruel terms) by DFW in his "what is water" commencement speech at Kenyon College: (again, from memory) it is our natural tendency to operate in "default mode", which we must fight.
- PaulDavisThe1st 4y agoPlease don't "namedrop" by using acronyms for people that you (perhaps subconsciously) assume are absolutely known to all. David Foster-Wallace is just fine.
- disqard 4y agoYour point is valid. However, it was laziness due to typing on mobile rather than pretentiousness or attempting to show off. I find it interesting that you would impute "namedropping" as the explanation for what I did :)