Comments on: Are We Half Awake in a Fake Empire? http://cmcforum.com/life/03102010-half-awake-in-a-fake-empire The Official Student Publication of Claremont McKenna College Tue, 22 May 2012 03:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Golam Chowdhury http://cmcforum.com/life/03102010-half-awake-in-a-fake-empire#comment-52689 Golam Chowdhury Tue, 30 Nov 2010 01:17:00 +0000 http://cmcforum.com/?p=11546#comment-52689 The national- Fake empire The national- Fake empire

]]> By: Choose to Improve Yourself, Choose to Improve The World « The Forum http://cmcforum.com/life/03102010-half-awake-in-a-fake-empire#comment-33623 Choose to Improve Yourself, Choose to Improve The World « The Forum Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:01:45 +0000 http://cmcforum.com/?p=11546#comment-33623 [...] As I have argued, choices are not conducive to happiness. But it is ridiculous to say that we shouldn’t make them, because, well, we have to. Each day we make many choices, but seldom realize how much our personal choices shape the world around us. [...] [...] As I have argued, choices are not conducive to happiness. But it is ridiculous to say that we shouldn’t make them, because, well, we have to. Each day we make many choices, but seldom realize how much our personal choices shape the world around us. [...]

]]> By: Carol Kelsey Lind http://cmcforum.com/life/03102010-half-awake-in-a-fake-empire#comment-33464 Carol Kelsey Lind Wed, 28 Apr 2010 21:05:26 +0000 http://cmcforum.com/?p=11546#comment-33464 Loved reading your perspectives on what life is all about. Aunt, Carol Loved reading your perspectives on what life is all about. Aunt, Carol

]]> By: Carol Kelsey Lind http://cmcforum.com/life/03102010-half-awake-in-a-fake-empire#comment-50153 Carol Kelsey Lind Wed, 28 Apr 2010 21:05:00 +0000 http://cmcforum.com/?p=11546#comment-50153 Loved reading your perspectives on what life is all about. Aunt, Carol Loved reading your perspectives on what life is all about. Aunt, Carol

]]> By: Kelsey Brown http://cmcforum.com/life/03102010-half-awake-in-a-fake-empire#comment-30992 Kelsey Brown Tue, 30 Mar 2010 03:19:21 +0000 http://cmcforum.com/?p=11546#comment-30992 DK - you know that you and your lovely wife taught me everything I know about writing, and most of what I know about life. DK – you know that you and your lovely wife taught me everything I know about writing, and most of what I know about life.

]]> By: Kelsey Brown http://cmcforum.com/life/03102010-half-awake-in-a-fake-empire#comment-50152 Kelsey Brown Tue, 30 Mar 2010 03:19:00 +0000 http://cmcforum.com/?p=11546#comment-50152 DK - you know that you and your lovely wife taught me everything I know about writing, and most of what I know about life. DK – you know that you and your lovely wife taught me everything I know about writing, and most of what I know about life.

]]> By: DeeKay http://cmcforum.com/life/03102010-half-awake-in-a-fake-empire#comment-30931 DeeKay Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:46:08 +0000 http://cmcforum.com/?p=11546#comment-30931 I think that Berkshire School graduate Kelsey Brown has hit many nails on many heads here. Her former stomping grounds are presently cold and wet -- interesting? challenging? fun? And her former advisor agrees that happiness can be a tricky business. But he's glad to read lots of smart people wrestling with the tough questions out there in the California sun! And a note to Finn McCool: if you enjoyed "This Is Water," you should strap on "Infinite Jest." I think that Berkshire School graduate Kelsey Brown has hit many nails on many heads here. Her former stomping grounds are presently cold and wet — interesting? challenging? fun? And her former advisor agrees that happiness can be a tricky business. But he’s glad to read lots of smart people wrestling with the tough questions out there in the California sun!

And a note to Finn McCool: if you enjoyed “This Is Water,” you should strap on “Infinite Jest.”

]]> By: DeeKay http://cmcforum.com/life/03102010-half-awake-in-a-fake-empire#comment-50151 DeeKay Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:46:00 +0000 http://cmcforum.com/?p=11546#comment-50151 I think that Berkshire School graduate Kelsey Brown has hit many nails on many heads here. Her former stomping grounds are presently cold and wet -- interesting? challenging? fun? And her former advisor agrees that happiness can be a tricky business. But he's glad to read lots of smart people wrestling with the tough questions out there in the California sun! And a note to Finn McCool: if you enjoyed "This Is Water," you should strap on "Infinite Jest." I think that Berkshire School graduate Kelsey Brown has hit many nails on many heads here. Her former stomping grounds are presently cold and wet — interesting? challenging? fun? And her former advisor agrees that happiness can be a tricky business. But he’s glad to read lots of smart people wrestling with the tough questions out there in the California sun!

And a note to Finn McCool: if you enjoyed “This Is Water,” you should strap on “Infinite Jest.”

]]> By: Finn McCool http://cmcforum.com/life/03102010-half-awake-in-a-fake-empire#comment-28085 Finn McCool Thu, 25 Mar 2010 05:36:13 +0000 http://cmcforum.com/?p=11546#comment-28085 I'm still not convinced there's a difference between fleeting moments of transient happiness and "happiness in life." I have a pretty bad memory, and that's only going to get worse as I get older, so is life really about building up a collection of things I'll forget later? New research shows memories change as we age, which means our sense of identity, which can be defined as a collection of experiences, may be an illusion. Isn't that a scary thought? I read once in a Japanese garden: "The butterfly counts moments, not months, and has time enough." Then I read David Foster Wallace: "This is water." What's more real than the present moment, that sunset over the Pacific, hugs with Mom, or mundane conversations with a friend or stranger that we call human interaction? Ultimately, I'm not smart enough to understand all this and I'm gonna die someday, so I try not to over think and just Do. Maybe that means living on the edge in NYC, having sex weekly rather than monthly, base jumping, or finding a cute girl from Wisconsin and surrounding myself with family. But appreciation of "This is Water" moments seems like a good place to start. Great article, by the way. I’m still not convinced there’s a difference between fleeting moments of transient happiness and “happiness in life.” I have a pretty bad memory, and that’s only going to get worse as I get older, so is life really about building up a collection of things I’ll forget later? New research shows memories change as we age, which means our sense of identity, which can be defined as a collection of experiences, may be an illusion. Isn’t that a scary thought?

I read once in a Japanese garden: “The butterfly counts moments, not months, and has time enough.” Then I read David Foster Wallace: “This is water.” What’s more real than the present moment, that sunset over the Pacific, hugs with Mom, or mundane conversations with a friend or stranger that we call human interaction?

Ultimately, I’m not smart enough to understand all this and I’m gonna die someday, so I try not to over think and just Do. Maybe that means living on the edge in NYC, having sex weekly rather than monthly, base jumping, or finding a cute girl from Wisconsin and surrounding myself with family. But appreciation of “This is Water” moments seems like a good place to start.

Great article, by the way.

]]> By: Finn McCool http://cmcforum.com/life/03102010-half-awake-in-a-fake-empire#comment-50150 Finn McCool Thu, 25 Mar 2010 05:36:00 +0000 http://cmcforum.com/?p=11546#comment-50150 I'm still not convinced there's a difference between fleeting moments of transient happiness and "happiness in life." I have a pretty bad memory, and that's only going to get worse as I get older, so is life really about building up a collection of things I'll forget later? New research shows memories change as we age, which means our sense of identity, which can be defined as a collection of experiences, may be an illusion. Isn't that a scary thought? I read once in a Japanese garden: "The butterfly counts moments, not months, and has time enough." Then I read David Foster Wallace: "This is water." What's more real than the present moment, that sunset over the Pacific, hugs with Mom, or mundane conversations with a friend or stranger that we call human interaction? Ultimately, I'm not smart enough to understand all this and I'm gonna die someday, so I try not to over think and just Do. Maybe that means living on the edge in NYC, having sex weekly rather than monthly, base jumping, or finding a cute girl from Wisconsin and surrounding myself with family. But appreciation of "This is Water" moments seems like a good place to start. Great article, by the way. I’m still not convinced there’s a difference between fleeting moments of transient happiness and “happiness in life.” I have a pretty bad memory, and that’s only going to get worse as I get older, so is life really about building up a collection of things I’ll forget later? New research shows memories change as we age, which means our sense of identity, which can be defined as a collection of experiences, may be an illusion. Isn’t that a scary thought?

I read once in a Japanese garden: “The butterfly counts moments, not months, and has time enough.” Then I read David Foster Wallace: “This is water.” What’s more real than the present moment, that sunset over the Pacific, hugs with Mom, or mundane conversations with a friend or stranger that we call human interaction?

Ultimately, I’m not smart enough to understand all this and I’m gonna die someday, so I try not to over think and just Do. Maybe that means living on the edge in NYC, having sex weekly rather than monthly, base jumping, or finding a cute girl from Wisconsin and surrounding myself with family. But appreciation of “This is Water” moments seems like a good place to start.

Great article, by the way.

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