[extropy-chat] Avoid Too Much Change.
John K Clark
jonkc at att.net
Wed Apr 11 07:31:11 UTC 2007
"Lee Corbin" <lcorbin at rawbw.com>
> Oh, no! It's no tragedy for *me* that that thing turned into Lee Corbin.
> But from the point of view of the fetus, it was death; for it became unto
> something totally unlike itself
OK, let's average the point of view of an adult man with a somewhat greater
than average intelligence, a lot greater actually, with that of a fetus. I
have a hunch the adult Lee Corbin would win that election in a landslide.
>For me, growth includes only change that doesn't turn me into someone or
>something else.
But I want to turn into something else, that is the entire point in living.
Otherwise growth has no purpose and stagnation is the ultimate virtue. I
don't buy it for one second!
John K Clark
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