Comments on: 9 Thoughts Worthy of Immortality

By: Thanks! Thanks Very, Very Much! | Belief Systems & Other BS

Thanks! Thanks Very, Very Much! | Belief Systems & Other BS — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 05:23:50 +0000

[...] Cain, the philosopher creating Raptitude post by post, just wrote a good one entitled, 9 Thoughts Worthy of Immortality. And my short story The Genie is, ahem, one of the [...]

By: Brandon

Brandon — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 23:33:56 +0000

I really enjoyed some of these. I think my favorite was “How to be Awesome.”

Thanks for the list.

By: David

David — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:47:36 +0000

@ Ian — Angus is quite a good writer, take a look at his archives. http://www.otherbs.com

@ Chris — Right on Chris, it’s a weird paradox. Technology seems to make things more inhuman and impersonal, but at the same time it facilitates more connections with a wider variety of people. I guess it all comes down to how we choose to use technology.

By: Ian | Quantum Learning

Ian | Quantum Learning — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:28:48 +0000

Thanks for these! I especially loved the Genie. Inspired!

By: Chris Edgar | Purpose Power Coaching

Chris Edgar | Purpose Power Coaching — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:06:28 +0000

Thanks for this post — something that often gets lost in all these electronic applications and social media we use to communicate with each other, I think, is that what we’re doing is still about people and connecting with other human beings, and this is a useful reminder of that.

By: David

David — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 02:39:55 +0000

Wow, that is a serious compliment Michael, thank you.

I can’t stop writing, I’m outta control!!

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:45:11 +0000

David, there are certain pleasures that demand us to slow down and enjoy them. Your blog is one of them. Even though I am typically barreling down the highway of life, every time I visit Raptitude, I’m forced to pull over and step outside my box so that I can try to take it all in.

I always intend to come back and revisit a post, but every time I come here, you’ve added something new and wonderful to explore. It’s overwhelming really. I actually find myself avoiding your blog until the right time – when I can safely get away.

There are posts here on Raptitude that I haven’t even read yet (and I don’t want to read yet) for fear that I will feel compelled to take the rest of the day off to soak up their full goodness. As it is, you’ve linked to 8 other jewels in this post alone that I now REALLY want to read. (Oh, and btw, thanks for linking to my post. It’s great to know that you got something of value out of it.)

Anyway, David, your deep and moving posts are stressing me out – because there’s more and more that I want to read and reflect upon. Could you stop it please! Just take a break so that I can enjoy it all. ;-)

By: David

David — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:47:36 +0000

@ Roger — Your comment made me realize something sad. The technologies that make it easy to absorb and transfer information are probably one of the reasons why older people don’t get the same level of respect they used to get. Elders used to be the go-to source of wisdom and knowledge, now it is just not like that, in my culture anyway.

@ Tom — They both have huge archives, and I haven’t been through them all.

@ Sherri — Thank you, Sherri. It was a great post.

By: Roger - A Content Life

Roger - A Content Life — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:53:34 +0000

David,

Nice post! Technology, including writing and printing, has changed the world in interesting ways.

I sometimes think about the law of unintended consequences. Before there was writing, people transmitted information orally. They must have had phenomenal memories to memorize the equivalent of entire books.

Thanks for the other great links!

By: Tom Maurer | Simple and Spiritual

Tom Maurer | Simple and Spiritual — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:20:18 +0000

I didn’t have time to read all of them just now but i read Steve and Leo’s posts. I have read extensively through the archives at both Zen Habits and Steve Pavlina but these are two articles that I must have somehow missed.

Thanks for bringing them to my attention David, they were great.