late-nite self-improvement
Nov. 12th, 2003 01:22 amAnd lo, another well-thought-out response to Mr du Toit.
The duToitification of the Western Conservative: "His main thesis is that Western males are becoming wimps, and his essay itself proves that there is at least some truth in the thesis; never before in human history has there been so much puling and whining about such inconsequential irritations." [from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
the_radix]
"What do you care what other people think?"
It's a book by the estimable Richard P. Feynman, a sequel to Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! It's also a way of checking things I do. If I find myself starting to do something and then hesitating, for whatever reason, I ask myself, "What do you care what other people think?"
This isn't "Don't care what other people think," because that way madness lies. Other people's wishes are as valid as my own: no more, but certainly no less. What it is is a prompter for doing, without losing sight of thinking.
It works sometimes. It's stopped me from yelling a couple of times (no, not at anyone reading this), and it's started me doing a few things that I wouldn't've otherwise. Too, It's forcing me to be honest with myself about my motivations, which can only be good.
Oberlin isn't all that big a school;jude and sirleebutler, you probably know a few people in common. Other than me, that is.
The duToitification of the Western Conservative: "His main thesis is that Western males are becoming wimps, and his essay itself proves that there is at least some truth in the thesis; never before in human history has there been so much puling and whining about such inconsequential irritations." [from
the_radix]"What do you care what other people think?"
It's a book by the estimable Richard P. Feynman, a sequel to Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! It's also a way of checking things I do. If I find myself starting to do something and then hesitating, for whatever reason, I ask myself, "What do you care what other people think?"
This isn't "Don't care what other people think," because that way madness lies. Other people's wishes are as valid as my own: no more, but certainly no less. What it is is a prompter for doing, without losing sight of thinking.
It works sometimes. It's stopped me from yelling a couple of times (no, not at anyone reading this), and it's started me doing a few things that I wouldn't've otherwise. Too, It's forcing me to be honest with myself about my motivations, which can only be good.
Oberlin isn't all that big a school;
jude and sirleebutler, you probably know a few people in common. Other than me, that is.