As an author puts it, to say "I Love you", you have to recognize "I" . Spinoza, among other mysteries, confronts "where do we fit in?" in his most acclaimed work - Ethics. Nice questions, but where do these chaps get time to think of humanity ? I, for one, am too much concerned with myself. & Ironically enough, these are the same people who are driving me nuts.
This interview gave me goosebumps. The extent of imagination & thought that this scientist has is overwhelming. Rob Carlson, an EE deptt. Prof. at U. Wash religiously writes his personal blog to discuss almost everything related to Biology & industry.
& when I see these stalwarts through my small eyes, I am all set to be haunted by a single question - "Where do I fit in ?". In the world that has already seen greatest of the greats, where does a simple man with big dreams ends up ?
& more pertinent, where does a simple man with big dreams who ponders "where he fits in ?" ends up ?
An asylum, may be ??
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Thanks for the blog link!
And I've got Phantoms in the Brain, if you want it. Any chance you'd have a copy of 'Emerging Minds', otherwise I'll get it :-)
Fascinating stuff. Spent 30m just now reading the interview when I'm supposed to be on my way to work.
A simple man with big dreams is destined to be big provided he works towards it!and this big depends on the context n then also on your personal definition of success. I believe i can be big in my own small way... what i do in the field of, say freakonomics will not make me famous in the field of fashion now, would it? Hence i believe tat being recognized in itself does not make me big but being able to do what i believe in makes me that!!!
What say thou??? :)
That interview was freaking awesome!!!
I agree... felt silly after seeing it on my blog n then opened my a/c in flickr! i deleted a few of the snaps tho *embarressed* :)
Aren't you extremely overdue for a blog :-D. Not that I can ask mind you...
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