Comments on: Unreasonable & Unrealistic: A New Year’s Resolution

By: Seth Paskin

Seth Paskin — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 03:22:18 +0000

Hey Laura, thanks for the shout out. It’s never too late to comment – the internet is forever, isn’t it?

Happiness was never the goal – wisdom, beauty and virtue were. Not so well articulated, but in hindsight…I think happiness is a byproduct of those things. In any case, 2010 was an interesting growth year with a lot of great things. 2011 has taken a slightly different turn but I’m pleased to report that the strategy is working. Despite what my participation in this podcast might lead you to believe.
–seth

By: Laura

Laura — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 21:18:42 +0000

I am clearly way behind in commenting here given that it Oct 2011 but I love you guys and this podcast/blog that I’m reading everything…anywaaaay…my thought was when I reading this that you didn’t say anything about merely seeking to be happy. Or did you suppose that state would necessarily follow?
So–did you find happiness? (given the power of hindsight….)

By: Seth

Seth — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:56:24 +0000

I got the joke. Just having a bit of fun.

I like your comeback – “a sea of wandering energy’. Suggests the dynamic force we suppose drives everything is itself dynamically driven (if perhaps without aim).

My larger concern is creating space in my life for emotion, beauty and – as you indicate – recognizing the right kind (positive) of energy. And I do believe this will be the best year ever…

By: Dan B

Dan B — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:32:39 +0000

I was joking. I agree with you. I was just demonstrating being silly. I know what you mean. Sometimes it is not necessary to be analytical or logically consistent in everyday life. If you take apart every argument about who should should do the dishes or something like that, somebody is going to whack you upside the head. Sometimes we can be almost OCD in our desire for for everything to be neatly organized within our mental schemas. It may be that lot of the world just doesn’t make because we aren’t capable of understanding it from the narrow band of information available to us from our perspective. Our brains create our worlds a of a sea of wandering energy. There is Order and Random in the universe. We have to figure out how to juggle both of them.

By: Seth

Seth — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:30:12 +0000

This makes my brain hurt. Either I intentionally or unintentionally did or did not achieve my goal through the stating of it. Intentionality is irrelevant, however, how did it make you feel?

Today is the next best day of our lives and 2010 will be the best year. Happy new year to you too!

By: Dan B

Dan B — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:18:41 +0000

That’s a nice logical analysis of what you need to do Seth. It makes perfect sense and I am sure it will make everyone very happy.

If your intention was to not be reasonable, you appear to be contradicting your intentions by sounding so reasonable about your intention to not be reasonable. So I take it that was not your intention. That is if you were being reasonable. But since your intention was to be not reasonable then the contradiction of being reasonable and not reasonable is ok, so in a way it is still reasonable, which was not your intention if you were being reasonable about being unreasonable. If you are unreasonable, then you are reasonable. If are reasonable, then you are reasonable and unreasonable, which is unreasonable, which was your intention, so it is reasonable. Is there a worry here? Only if you are being unreasonable. So happy new year dude.