When I was a kid, one of the popular riddles went something like this: "How do you capture an elephant, using a pair of tweezers, a jar and binoculars?" The obvious answer, using the selective suspension of logic that makes kid humor fun, is to use the binoculars backwards, and then take the tweezers to drop the elephant (which now looks tiny) into the jar. Makes perfect sense, … [Read more...] about Putting The Elephant In The Jar
Archives for February 2012
Wonderful interview of Jonathan Haidt by Bill Moyers
Nancy & I just watched a wonderful interview of Jonathan Haidt by Bill Moyers which speaks not only to the current political divisiveness in this country, but the deeper issue of demonization, polarization and 'we/they' thinking at the root of the divisive/divided minds we all mess with. A couple of favorite phrases from this interview: "Follow the sacredness" (meaning … [Read more...] about Wonderful interview of Jonathan Haidt by Bill Moyers