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Values

Wednesday, 2009 December 16 10:04 PM MST — Arvada, Colorado UNITED STATES

The day that every human being simply learns and begins to live according to their values will be the day that humanity is screwed.

Quote to ponder: 「知之者不如好之者，好之者不如楽之者。」 or “They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love it are not equal to those who delight in it.” — Confucius

Currently listening to…
The Very Best of Lisa Loeb
By Lisa Loeb
Released on Tuesday, 2006 January 24.

Currently reading…
The Nicomachean Ethics
By Aristotle.

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Hmm.

Martha wrote on Thursday, 2009 December 17 5:35 AM MST:

First off, typo. Missing 'to' after according.

But anyway. What do you mean by this? Are you thinking people's values aren't utilitarian enough, or not ethical enough?

Well…

Daniel wrote on Thursday, 2009 December 17 8:00 PM MST:

Yeah.

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Confession Number Twenty-Four

Saturday, 2009 December 12 8:52 PM MST — Arvada, Colorado UNITED STATES

I can never remember my own phone number.

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Characteristic Immoderation

Thursday, 2009 December 10 10:13 PM MST — Arvada, Colorado UNITED STATES

If you had asked me two years ago what I wanted to do after college, I probably would have said that I'd move to some place like Africa to care for the underprivileged, forsake all material possessions and status symbols and live carefree to the wind.

Would ironic be the best term to describe my life now?

Quote to ponder: “Only a life lived for others is a life worth while.” — Albert Einstein

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“Every man is as God made him, and sometimes a great deal worse.”

Wednesday, 2009 December 2 6:12 PM MST — Arvada, Colorado UNITED STATES

When I finished Moby Dick, I added nineteenth-century whaling techniques to my résumé and actually got a raise for it. After finishing Don Quixote, can I add early seventeenth-century insanity techniques and get paid more for it?

Quote to ponder: “There is a remedy for all things but death.” — Cervantes

Currently reading…
Don Quixote
By Cervantes.

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