tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post3836152936682387494..comments2024-03-28T19:18:40.387-04:00Comments on Northern Reflections: Different DictionariesOwen Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-42368946582016517892021-04-11T19:18:41.316-04:002021-04-11T19:18:41.316-04:00If we don't learn what that means, we won'...If we don't learn what that means, we won't survive, Anyong.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-37204578751944499322021-04-11T18:30:50.045-04:002021-04-11T18:30:50.045-04:00We will need to learn what sustainability means mo...We will need to learn what sustainability means more than ever. Even the undeserving extreme wealthy will need to Lear what that means. AnyongAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-79471149165757624142021-04-10T17:31:26.237-04:002021-04-10T17:31:26.237-04:00I fear that we have, indeed, become lotus-eaters, ...I fear that we have, indeed, become lotus-eaters, Mound. We expect an abundance we have not earned -- and we expect someone else will pay for it.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-54964319879526751612021-04-10T15:55:34.112-04:002021-04-10T15:55:34.112-04:00America has become a nation of two realities, two ...America has become a nation of two realities, two languages, seemingly incompatible, contradictory, even irreconcilable. It is a nation now fed and thriving on its differences both real and imagined. <br /><br />It has taken a while but now we're beginning to hear voices concerned that the pandemic will transform our societies in ways most of us haven't considered. The shock of a post-pandemic world may equal or exceed what we've experienced over the last year only there'll be no vaccine to control it.<br /><br />You and I, Owen, are becoming the new elderly and yet we've only experienced a postwar world in which the odds were heavily tipped in our favour. The West has experienced a period of abundance and comfort unknown to our ancestors and that will probably not continue for our descendants. How has this unnatural interlude shaped our perspective, our judgment, and our resolve? Is our survival instinct still intact or has it been dulled? Have we become lotus eaters?The Disaffected Libhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13135599782685108764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-7283177075531987932021-04-10T11:16:52.081-04:002021-04-10T11:16:52.081-04:00Mr. Bierce -- that rural philosopher -- had a prof...Mr. Bierce -- that rural philosopher -- had a profound understanding of humanity, Cap.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-64481625884768568102021-04-10T10:34:39.091-04:002021-04-10T10:34:39.091-04:00Let's not forget the media who act as interpre...Let's not forget the media who act as interpreters.<br /><br /><b>Interpreter</b>, n. One who enables two persons of different languages to understand each other by repeating to each what it would have been to the interpreter’s advantage for the other to have said. <br />-- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary<br /><br />CapAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com