[extropy-chat] Personal effectiveness

[David Lubkin]

At 10:04 PM 11/30/2003 +0100, JDP wrote:

>Absolutely! Thanks Adrian, it's good to feel understood :-) In fact,
>over time I think I developped a kind of very precise synchronization,

I love the effortless gracefulness I feel when I am cooking something that 
has to be exactly right and I can do another task and have it fold in 
precisely.  I'm a cook not a chef, so the effortless grace only comes from 
dozens of repetitions.

For example, when I make kasha, the kasha needs to be mixed with a beaten 
egg and the frying pan needs to be just hot enough for water to dance.  I 
beat the egg and mix the kasha while the pan is heating, with seconds to 
spare.  Once the pan is hot, there are nine steps to complete in about two 
minutes.  Every time I do this, I see what else I can find time for, like 
soaking the mixing bowl or making coffee.

I think I enjoy this because my usual moments of elegance are cerebral not 
physical.

I faintly recall threads from a few years ago:  a few extropians stated 
their desire to become transhuman in part to be capable of superhuman 
physical feats or activities.  And certainly there have been expressions of 
current joy and satisfaction from physical pursuits.  (Kendra/dancing, 
Amara/biking, Russell/bujinkan, and Simon/banjo come to mind.)  As opposed, 
perhaps, to those who spoke here of sexuality as an annoying distraction 
from their goals.


-- David Lubkin.