Thanks from an old Star Trek nerd for the allusion to ST:TNG; "Darmok" was an amazing episode, second only in my mind to "The Inner Light" as the best of the series. Also, I live so close to the monastery at Gethsemane, KY that your meditation and allusion to Pico Iyer makes me want to visit there some day.
A resounding "Amen!" to stillness, and to the ways that making a life feels opposite to making a living, and to turning the smartphone off. (Lord, we have got to rename those things. They are neither phones nor smart.) One of these days maybe I will figure out something to practically, long-term DO about these truths. First I've got to get off the internet again.
Also, a good book from 1995, of all times, regarding the lost promise of being online is Clifford Stoll's _Silicon Snake Oil_.
Thanks from an old Star Trek nerd for the allusion to ST:TNG; "Darmok" was an amazing episode, second only in my mind to "The Inner Light" as the best of the series. Also, I live so close to the monastery at Gethsemane, KY that your meditation and allusion to Pico Iyer makes me want to visit there some day.
That American Scholar article is INTENSE. Bookmarking that to re-read.
A resounding "Amen!" to stillness, and to the ways that making a life feels opposite to making a living, and to turning the smartphone off. (Lord, we have got to rename those things. They are neither phones nor smart.) One of these days maybe I will figure out something to practically, long-term DO about these truths. First I've got to get off the internet again.