Pride

...is bad because or when it distracts and to the extent that it is based on something with no truth value (other people's opinions)

(how many times have I been stopped because of a weird fear/jubilation combination felt because of the possibility of succeeding in the complete satisfaction of my pride. Also related is the way dissatisfaction propels you to work harder where feeling completed you are not pushed to climb higher.)

Teacher and Sexual Being

How is one supposed to get an objective (or close to) lecture if it comes from another sexual being who you have some sort of subjective reaction to. Besides the distractions, you must try to counter or acknowledge the prejiduce towards anything they say. Solution - teacher's must wear black ski masks and hijaab's.

more more MORE!!!

Part of the argument against consumerism and continually wanting more "toys" is that you will never be satisfied, you will always want more, more, more. This seems to translate to other areas of life (all?). I have a great relationship going, but then I want MORE. I want to get an even better relationship. Where would this end? Could it end? Is it better at all to keep wanting more and getting to "higher" stages? How can this be related to Nietzsche's Will to Power?

Philosophy = Love of Wisdom

Not love of Truth

Possible Unforeseen Outcomes of Outsourcing

I work at a place called "Blind Willie's" which is a blues bar with live music every night. Last night was pretty slow and I was reading my Marx-Engels Reader for my "Marx, Nietzsche, Freud" class. After having left it for a moment I came back to notice that one of the band members (guitarist I believe) was reading the first few pages since they had taken a break from playing. He was a husky guy that looked like Jesse Ventura. After some small talk, he said he had a degree in Mechanical Engineering "a long ways from philosophy," after making the obligatory concession that his degree was more practical and asking him if he was doing anything with the degree he told me he was but not any more because there are no more jobs. Then he said:

"What people don't realize, is that it is the guys on the assembly lines, the one's actually making the goods that do 90 percent of the R&D. Now that the U.S. has cut them out we've of course lost our technical advantage."

An illuminating perspective even if the numbers may not be right.