“Question Authority” — this succinct slogan became popular in the 1970s around the time of Watergate, but challenges to power date back to Socrates’ time. Standing up to authority begins early. As kids we confront parents, teachers, and bullies. Later we chafe against constraints on adolescent curiosity and exuberance. As adults we may confront the contradictions and abuses of state power.How did you first question authority? Do you question it today? Are your authority challenges different now then in your younger days? Or do you find fallacies in the notion of questioning authorithy?
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How did you transition from the wired to the wireless age? Was it hard to give up your landline? (Or have you kept yours?) What was your first cell phone experience like? Remember the "bag phones"? And how is streaming working for you?
Imitation can be the sincerest form of flattery. It can be a learned style or an homage. Imitation can also take the form of plagiarism. But imitation is also the first step in learning. If we want to learn almost anything, we have imitated.
Buddhists compare life to a wave that gathers elements from the sea and builds momentum. A wave builds to a climax as it ages, then tumbles on the shore, only to return to the sea and begin another journey.
“A mother’s love for her child is like nothing else in the world,“ Agatha Christie tells us. “It knows no law, no pity. It dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.”