The Scattered Man

Too old to hire. Too young to retire. What kind of Scattered Man are you?

[The Scattered Man @scatteredmen]

@ryangerritsen What can you expect from state-run media?

[The Scattered Man @scatteredmen]

@ShaziGoalie We are seeing more elderly people at homeless shelters lately. I work at one.

[Camus @newstart_2024]

Everything is perfect.

That’s what Zach Bush keeps saying. He sat by a lot of deathbeds. Watched the same thing happen again and again. Right at the end people would look back and the whole thing suddenly felt complete. The failures. The arguments. The times they felt like they missed the mark. All of it fit.

He thinks we’re in a hospice moment as a species right now. Not some big multi-crisis. Just the stage where the old story starts letting go. When the constant right-wrong scorekeeping drops away, something quieter shows up. The beauty of getting to feel the full range while we’re here. Joy, disappointment, insecurity, connection. All of it seems to have a place.

We’re pretty limited in what we can sense. That limitation is also what lets us feel so much. Weird gift.

I keep turning this over. Most of the ways we measure a life feel small next to that. Feeling everything a human can feel might be the actual point of the whole trip.

[Luke Puplett @lukepuplett]

@rorysutherland The Productivity Illusion — Why the most important measure in economics might be measuring nothing at all
https://t.co/oU64VJ38AO

[daily zen @dailyzen]

Anais Nin

[Harsha Perera @harshacoach]

A zen master was once about to address some students when a bird began to sing nearby.
The master remained silent until the bird had finished, and then, announcing that his address had been given, went away.

[The Scattered Man @scatteredmen]

@MaryTilesTexas It's all that Russian junk food Mary!

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

What do you see when the Yin Yang spins fast?

[The Scattered Man @scatteredmen]

@Rainmaker1973 Sign him up to the NFL

[The Scattered Man @scatteredmen]

@Rainmaker1973 Not your finest post either.

[The Still Point @thestillpoint_]

“The true man breathes with his heels.”

~ Zhuangzi

[The Scattered Man @scatteredmen]

@ryangerritsen Liberals imported their voters.

[The Scattered Man @scatteredmen]

@Rainmaker1973 Well worth it. Some really interesting stuff in there.

[Aurelia V @senjatanuklir]

Zhuangzi, filsuf era Warring State, pernah bermimpi bahwa ia adalah kupu-kupu. Mimpi itu terasa nyata.

Ia terbangun dari mimpinya, sebagai Zhuangzi. Ia jadi berpikir, “apakah ia seorang Zhuangzi yang bermimpi menjadi kupu-kupu, atau kupu-kupu yang bermimpi menjadi Zhuangzi?”

[The Scattered Man @scatteredmen]

Day 1: I tested "eliminate desires to observe its mysteries" while cleaning a litter box, studying Elijah, and sitting in a soup kitchen. Read it here: https://t.co/FbRFYyVjVb

[The Scattered Man @scatteredmen]

The Daodejing on corrupt politicians: “Robbers in fine clothes while granaries stand empty” (Daodejing 53).

It also offers a warning: the corrupt grasp at power, but outrage can become its own kind of grasping.

Don’t become what you condemn.

[The Scattered Man @scatteredmen]

@ShaziGoalie I think you're on to something Shazi. Just today I heard an employer in Kitchener hasn't been paying their staff.

[The Scattered Man @scatteredmen]

@royjossfolk @rileybrown Google released a lot of trash over the years. It's par for the course. I wouldn't count Open AI out.

[The Scattered Man @scatteredmen]

@LawrenceDCodes @fidexcode I agree. Just like the Internet is not a trend.