“Daddy – fear… is like an obstacle.
In fact, fear is Man’s greatest enemy.”(Jonatan Isene, 9)
Category Amazing people
Breaking the law
A few days ago:
Jonatan (9): “Daddy, if one of the physical laws of the universe is broken, does it mean that all the laws get broken?”
Me: “What do you think?”
Jonatan: “I think they all get broken.”
A most intriguing question.
Of all the philosophers I know of, Jonatan is one of the most thought provoking. When he was 5 he asked me “Daddy, do you believe in reality?”
Anette is on the move
My Anette has got her blog up and running. Well, it’s a bit more than running, because this seems to be the start of something big. Check out this blog post.
Hugs!
We can protest. We can rally against an irrelevant cult. We can debate lots of what-ifs and rail against gun control laws. Or we can do something effective right here and now.
We can start by giving hugs. Lots of hugs. Hug those closest to you. Then some friends. Then some strangers.
Try this: Hug two strangers tomorrow. Let me know how it worked out. I will report back on my hugging adventure. In the meantime:
People Are Awesome
In support of Libre Knowledge
Several people in history have contributed to the ant hill of human knowledge. Some stand out as supporters of Libre Knowledge.
Nikola Tesla was one remarkable person.
The danger of inspiring others
There is a liability in inspiring other people, to sell them an idea or work them up to do something. The liability is that the will of the person suddenly has an external motivator supplanting the intrinsic motivation of the person. Such an extrinsic motivator inherits the responsibility for the outcome of the person’s actions. If the person fails to, let’s say stop smoking, the person could blame the external motivator for the failure.
Brendan has accused me of being a fantastic motivator for people who later deflates when I am not around. This is a valid and good point.
It is better to help the person find his own inspiration, his own intrinsic motivation. Work with the person rather than perhaps unconsciously supplanting that motivation with your extrinsic motivating.
(Hugh at Gapingvoid.com)
Feel free to ask
When the traffic gets high, when posts get more than 500 or even a 1000 comments, I am bound to miss questions from my readers.
I want to answer your questions, and to ensure you are not left without an answer, I propose you ask any questions you may have to me as comments to this blog post.
Just add your question as a comment here and I will get back to you with an answer. Ask anything – from my views on life, IT, Scientology, my favorite HP calculator, music, art, preferences in any part of life or whatever else you may have on your mind. Do not hold back. I am not shy.
This post is not an arena for long discussions – or I may again miss some questions buried in long threads. Interesting topics may instead earn separate blog posts.
Happy New Year!
The craziest year in my life is nearing the end.
Never been this happy 🙂
Thank you all for inspiring me and letting me inspire you.
We just turned 25000 comments on this blog since its inception 2,5 years ago. But the quality of your comments easily outshines the quantity.
Love you guys & gals.
Have a crazy-good 2013!
Amazing person: Anette Iren Johansen
Warm and with lots of empathy. Tough as a nail. And the smartest woman I’ve met.
Anette Iren Johansen is remarkably issueless, rational and perceptive. She is able to view situations and people from funny, interesting and enlightening angles. Outside the box. Challenging the status quo. Creative and skillful. Fluent in many languages, plays several musical instruments, knows how to juggle, skate, dance, a master chef, mastering natural sciences… you name it. A nerd in disguise. Whatever tickles her fancy she becomes really good at.
If you have followed my latest blog posts, you may think I hold these views of Anette because I am in love. But no, I am in love because of these qualities she possesses.
Ever since I left the Church of Scientology (CoS) three years ago, my interest in that organization has been waning to the point where I couldn’t care a toss about that organization.
Having learned about the horrors that my girlfriend has experienced, it makes it easy to become passionate about removing the Church of Scientology from the face of the earth. OSA; duck for cover.
I got it from CoS circles that I am now labeled “the greatest threat to Scientology in the whole of Europe”. OSA should reserve that position for another with far more knowledge and proof of the crimes of the Church than myself. Intimidating the powergirl may not be thy wisest move.
The future is bright, bold and adventurous. People will be inspired and helped, You will learn to know Anette as the powergirl she is.
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