Re: General advice beyond Org

[edgar]

On 2018-05-26 04:01, Marcin Borkowski wrote:
> On 2018-05-23, at 06:04, edgar@openmail.cc wrote:
>
> > > It helps to develop a rational attitude to morality: you do not have
> > > influence on everything, not even all the results of your actions, 
> > > and
> > > hence you do not bear responsibility for what you don't influence.  
> > > (Of
> > > course, that doesn't mean you don't bear any responsibility for what
> > > you
> > > _do_ influence.)
> >
> > Do you mean pragmatic or short-sighted by rational? I don't think that
> > philosophers are necessarily irrational :) (to name a few).
>
> I mean neither.  By "rational" I mean "guided by reason".

I think that we are going to have a conversation on a delightful caffe 
somewhere in the middle of Venice to discuss about this, because it's 
still not clear to me. :)

> Maybe we tend to forget what a "commercial company" is.  On the one
> hand, it is (by definition) a means to make money.  If it doesn't make
> money, it does not fulfil its primary purpose, and this means its
> broken, and should be either fixed or abandoned.  On the other hand, it
> should not be just the instrument of greediness of the owner(s).  They
> in turn are people, and their primary purpose is completely different.

This conversation is going to be an interestingly long one indeed.

> If you identify yourself too much with any kind of commercial endeavor,
> it is a sign of very serious problems.

> I taught Emacs to a friend, whom I sometimes show cool tricks.  Once
> I showed him multiple cursors, which required some choreography from my
> fingers, but I thought it was quite impressive.  Then he nodded and
> asked "I'm wondering what were you doing with your feet."

LOL!

> Best,
>
> --
> Marcin Borkowski
> http://mbork.pl

I hope to actually meet you one of these days :) .

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