Tag: Choice

• January 31, 2012

  On education as ‘going along with the flow’; on choice as the offspring of distrust

  1 One of my fondest college memories is of proving Euclidean theorems all the way up to the precipice: the Parallel Postulate. Until one arrives at the Parallel Postulate, one can derive Euclidean geometry from 5 scintillatingly simple axioms. Each theorem can be clearly formulated, each proof can be neatly arranged according to the steps…
• September 23, 2011

  Friday meditation: Rumi’s ‘What’s Not Here’

  What’s Not Here Rumi (1207-73) I started out on this road, call it love or emptiness. I only know what’s   not here: resentment seeds, back- scratching greed, worrying about out-   outcome, fear of people. When a bird gets free, it doesn’t go back for remnant   left on the bottom of the cage!…