walkitout | Not All Philosophy Degree Owners (Reply)

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I am sure you are right; I trust your judgment. Better than mine, often.

ETA: I was thinking about the snippet of this book that I read. I did _not_ include another criticism I had of his ideas and examples. Again, I agreed with the principle (don't expend too much time in preparation / setup / planning, because reality will force adjustments anyway -- basically, lean or agile as applied to Life). But his _example_ was breathtaking: he seemed to think that no matter what car you had, if you took your hands off the wheel for even a brief period of time, even on a dead straight road, you'd wind up out of your lane / off the road.

I couldn't figure out whether he has a corroded sense of time (possible! Some people's idea of brief is really not, especially when it comes to driving), or if he's the kind of person who will ruin any car's alignment within seconds of taking the wheel. Given his attitude towards speed limits and parking rules, I'm inclined to suspect that he is generally a bad driver, routinely hits curbs, throws the alignment off and then believes it is the car's fault and not his for damaging it.

Compared to the other problem I had with his ideas (reframing a punishment as a Societally Good Thing He Is Doing!), I felt like there was no point in bringing it up. But as long as I'm here anyway. . .