from thinker: a wise teacher
The span over almost three full years now of my writing here has captured many changes in who I am. One that stands out is reflected in my employment status: teacher of logic and philosophy classes in university as a grad student transitioned suddenly to president of several companies each acheiving great success in the business world. Over the course of writing 41 pages here, I've noticed a new understanding of lists, from "unordered lists" replaced by "paint with words" at the begining, to today's understanding that list can be shared, tasks can be managed, teams can be employed, and the molecules of the world levered into motion on my own behalf NOW.
reading Descartes, and seeing the changes he effected in today's world was inspiring. And dispiriting - for he lived several hundred years ago. His thoughts changed the world in the long run, like Jesus, and Plato, and Aristotle. Our thinkers of today, which ones will become the noticeable influences on the future? Scholars recognize this. They are the sole fosters of the ivory tower myth. They protect their acausalness by making it clear to these who might call them useless navel gazers that their work is about the future - even for those who are stuck on studies of the past. Their thoughts will trickle into their students, most of whom will enter the business world carrying a little flavour of educated acausalness themselves, a little of the idealism. Perhaps it trickles further to their colleages.
Over several hundred years, these ideas go head to head in our people, the test of time. Which of them provides for more local success in life. Clearly Christ's thoughts provided a lot back two thousand years ago. Clearly Descartes' have too. What about today's thinkers? What about for instance, Peter, who is satisfied only when he is an influence in every realm? Only Chomsky and Marx acheived this in the 20th century, and each was a great scholar with the common person touch.
to acter: action items