In our society, what you see depends on what role you have. If you are the CEO of a bank, you may “know” that traffic exists but never experience driving through it. If you’re an urban intellectual, you will “know” how farms work, but have no concept of the actuality involved. All of us “know” [...]
Posts Tagged ‘atomization’
A day in the life
It showed up one morning. Right there on the deck. “A rabbit!” Exclaimed my wife. “Where did that come from?” She promptly did what she always does, when strange fauna turns up unexpectedly: Digs out a plastic container, fills it with nourishment suited to the newcomer, and labels the top with the name of its [...]
Out of touch
When we go through life, we feel a schizophrenic disconnect between what we think we’re doing and the results we see in reality. Think about the political programs you read about in the news. Almost none of them achieve their desired effect; some do, “on paper,” meaning that they meet some arbitrary targets but don’t [...]
Atomization
An Allen Township man accused of driving drunk wore a Coors Light sweatshirt to court today and offered a novel defense. The law doesn’t apply to him, Scott A. Witmer said, because he is a “sovereign man.” “It means I live inside myself,” Witmer, 44, told a curious Northampton County Judge Leonard Zito. “I don’t [...]
