tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post9009830864879011591..comments2024-03-07T14:43:21.888-08:00Comments on Whatever I want to write about: Have we made this world a boring place?Sriram Khéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06907731254833435446noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post-39907307343327573692014-04-30T15:25:07.313-07:002014-04-30T15:25:07.313-07:00Yes, all those examples are what I am referring to...Yes, all those examples are what I am referring to as how the world has becoming less mysterious, Anne. I am not referring to the mysteries associated with knowing and learning. Actually, even there, we have had some interesting essays and books: "The end of science" ... "The end of history" ... while those are debatable ideas (and the intellectual world has had quite some debate on those) there is that feeling of less of a mystery ... A few years ago, when the string-theory physicist, Brian Greene, talked on campus, I asked him about the end of science stuff. He seemed to agree quite a bit there, and he said the real mystery that science has no clue about is consciousness. <br />Anyway, my point about the less mysterious was along those lines.Sriram Khéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06724218458246880137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post-31411764286167276562014-04-30T11:03:26.841-07:002014-04-30T11:03:26.841-07:00Shocking! "Very little that is a mystery any...Shocking! "Very little that is a mystery anymore." Impossible! While the world is getting smaller, and we can eat bagels and "authentic" ethnic cuisine in any small burg, and we can buy handmade goods from tiny villages in Africa on the internet from our sofas, there is always more to learn. We cannot see the spectacular and unique flora and fauna of a jungle from our sofas. We cannot wonder at elephants or cattle walking through towns - or learn why it is not only tolerated but celebrated - from the internet. We cannot learn how the chefs and artisans make those wonderful foods and goods authentically or why the same dish tastes different in different villages unless we go to the source. So much to learn, so many questions to ask, so many mysteries to solve. Always more to learn!Anne in Salemnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post-92221711950834642702014-04-30T06:27:49.902-07:002014-04-30T06:27:49.902-07:00Boredom every once in a while, yes.
Boredom as a...Boredom every once in a while, yes. <br />Boredom as a choice of sorts, as opposed to being condemned to boredom.<br />More than anything else, I would like people to think through the issues ... "I don't understand why more people aren't engaged in discussing the changes." Sriram Khéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06724218458246880137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post-59966661741807407522014-04-30T03:23:06.946-07:002014-04-30T03:23:06.946-07:00Your last sentence sums it up all.
By the way, I ...Your last sentence sums it up all.<br /><br />By the way, I thought you were praising the virtues of boredom a few posts back ???Rameshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11782192840421019943noreply@blogger.com