Re: a new Eastern philosophy thread

TRAUN T LEYDEN (ubeillin@MCL.UCSB.EDU)
Wed, 13 Dec 1995 10:10:31 -0800

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> BUT, I think it's a far healthier hunger you and I have. I see
> *so many* young undergrads who have no hunger for knowledge.
> Knowledge is never an end for them, it's only a means. God, my
> fantasy is to ahve someone pay me a decent wage to do nothing but
> sit around and read books and think about things (and maybe
> occasioanlly write about them, but a friend of mine once said
> something to me that struck me as utterly true: "Thinking about
> writing is a lot more fun than actually doing it." Not as
> rewarding though.)

Totaaaaaally dude (insert thick californian accent). My last three days
have been spent completely engrossed in _Moving Mars_ by Greg Bear, and
its been such a healing experience after a semester of stress and worry.

I've been thinking like a marathon thinker lately, because of reading the
book. But on the downside, the book, like books I've read in the past,
has become a complete escape valve fromt the reality surrounding me....
my rooomates, responsibilietes and assignments fade away to grandoise
visions of fame and utopia -- in other words I've noticed myself turning
into a complete _dreamer_!

Is that good? It feels good but has taken its toll on my grades and such ...

Oh well, back to the book.
Traun

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> How does one get a job in a think tank, huh?
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>
> --
> Greg Ritter
> gritter@vcu.edu
> ritter@urvax.urich.edu
> http://www.urich.edu/~ritter
>