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<r>@jzt83,<br/> I am truly sorry to hear about your long term predicament with depression. I sincerely wish for you to get well soon. <E>:-)</E><br/> Have you read this book by Julian Simon (yes the same guy with the bet about natural resources) on depression? He was also suffering from depression (...

@Felix,

Haha... Very funny.
Round of applause from me for "most original" answer within a dedicated thread.

<r><br/> It was more spurred by the recent questions on when to quit + budgets that are 3x mine that seemed to lean towards the conventional financial/consumer side, that is, quantitatively different but not qualitatively so. This suggested to me more of an early-early retirement with just the retir...

<r>@secretwealth,<br/> You have specifically responded to a subset of my overall response with drilled down specifics, and in terms of the specifics you mention, yes, there are parts of History that don't read well for any culture. <br/> However, my total response to you was connected to the overall...

<r>Oho, I see. How very interesting. <br/> Indeed, and if what you say is correct, I would like you to construct a complete idea out of the Not -A is also the case (like I did out of "A" is the case), rather than engage in sarcastic wordplay, tomfoolery and smartarsery combined <E>:-P</E><br/> P.S: ...

<r>@secretwealth,<br/> > I'm not really concerned about the "right" interpretation of karma--I'm concerned<br/> <br/> > about how belief systems as social constructs determine tendencies in society<br/> Unfortunately, interpretation taints the perception of the belief system and the tendencies of th...

<r>@george:<br/> <br/> > experience such as the comment "What you express<br/> <br/> > is typical, linear, us-vs-them, Western thought"<br/> Please read my original sentence completely:<br/> <br/> What you express is typical, linear, us-vs-them, Western thought. I use that term in the same way as it...

<t>@george,<br/> <br/> And I can recount to you a lot of personal stories of predatory Christian missionaries and missions that are highly exploitative in the manner you speak of, out here in India (and other countries of proselytising). In all this thread, there was no reference to all the recent C...

^^ that.
And a George Carlin video on what Felix clearly pointed out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=US&v=eScDfYzMEEw

<t>@dragoncar,<br/> <br/> Oh please? No need for such a sense of exclusivity. Look at Europe, Asia and other places where regular middle-class life (just like in America) does go on very happily without personal car ownership featuring into the equation like it does in the States. In case it didn't ...

@dragoncar,

What you express is typical, linear, us-vs-them, Western thought. I use that term in the same way as it is used in the book "Geography of thought".
With such framing of the problem, I think Humanity is already lost.

<t>Somewhere, either here or in the blog, Jacob analogously compared modern America with imperial Rome in terms of being the "seat of civilisation", which makes up for other major and minor inconveniences, therefore making him stay (for now).<br/> He also expressed caveat that he is known to pack up...

<r>@Jacob,<br/> <br/> Too much time to spare? Is your submitted algorithm job for a trading strategy taking too long to finish? <E>;-)</E><br/> > I find it interesting that in the eastern<br/> <br/> > religions, sages, upon reaching enlightenment,<br/> <br/> > mostly seem to retract into the mountai...

Book recommendations:

1. Jerry Mander and Neil Postman's books .

2. "NurtureShock" Bo Branson

3. "Brandwashed" Martin Lindstrom

<t>@Felix,<br/> <br/> Finally got around to watching this. Thank you for sharing this with us. I read all of this information from a book called "NurtureShock" some time ago. Perhaps this video is good for people not wanting (or have no time) to go through an entire book? <br/> @JOSH,<br/> <br/> You...

Hello J_, and thanks for your kind words. It is greatly appreciated.

<t>@JasonR,<br/> <br/> Firstly "thrive" is a very relative word, in the same way that the term "Face Clawing Misery" was used by me exclusively when forced to watch 'FRIENDS' on TV by 'friends' in college. But I am very sure many here would differ on that.<br/> The point I am making is that context ...

<r>@JohnnyH,<br/> <br/> I think they do need help. They deserve all the help they can need. And there is nothing wrong with offering help too. Local charities pitch in with providing collateral for auto rickshaw, standing guarantee for shops, etc. Dutchgirl never said "charity". Nor did I use that w...

@Dutchgirl,

Now, that's what I would call a 'perspective'. +1 to that thought.