Comments on: Failed Attempts at Being You http://www.chrishardie.com/blog/2008/10/failed-attempts-at-being-you.html Personal Blog for James Christopher Hardie Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:00:18 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Ian Bicking: a blog :: Cultural Imperialism, Technology, and OLPC http://www.chrishardie.com/blog/2008/10/failed-attempts-at-being-you.html/comment-page-1#comment-87111 Ian Bicking: a blog :: Cultural Imperialism, Technology, and OLPC Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:58:58 +0000 http://www.chrishardie.com/blog/?p=399#comment-87111 [...] lately: a post by Guido van Rossum about "missionaries" and OLPC not about OLPC at all, a post by Chris Hardie and a speech by Wade [...] [...] lately: a post by Guido van Rossum about "missionaries" and OLPC not about OLPC at all, a post by Chris Hardie and a speech by Wade [...]

]]> By: [M]etabrain [E]ntry [L]og » Blog Archive » On needing permission to be tired http://www.chrishardie.com/blog/2008/10/failed-attempts-at-being-you.html/comment-page-1#comment-86494 [M]etabrain [E]ntry [L]og » Blog Archive » On needing permission to be tired Tue, 09 Dec 2008 06:17:34 +0000 http://www.chrishardie.com/blog/?p=399#comment-86494 [...] Chris Hardie, via Ian Bicking. Chris also has an excellent post on leaving that I’m using as a reminder to [...] [...] Chris Hardie, via Ian Bicking. Chris also has an excellent post on leaving that I’m using as a reminder to [...]

]]> By: Ian Bicking http://www.chrishardie.com/blog/2008/10/failed-attempts-at-being-you.html/comment-page-1#comment-86277 Ian Bicking Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:54:41 +0000 http://www.chrishardie.com/blog/?p=399#comment-86277 Or, relating another principle: I believe in individual freedom, but I don't believe in an individual freedom to sell oneself into slavery. And you can refine that down until there are things where I just *barely* think they are or aren't okay. I don't think there's any general rule either, any universal principal that could divide freedom from abuse. I think there is also an intellectual analog to that. Or, relating another principle: I believe in individual freedom, but I don't believe in an individual freedom to sell oneself into slavery. And you can refine that down until there are things where I just *barely* think they are or aren't okay. I don't think there's any general rule either, any universal principal that could divide freedom from abuse. I think there is also an intellectual analog to that.

]]> By: Ian Bicking http://www.chrishardie.com/blog/2008/10/failed-attempts-at-being-you.html/comment-page-1#comment-86276 Ian Bicking Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:50:59 +0000 http://www.chrishardie.com/blog/?p=399#comment-86276 I think it's worth asking questions from the other side, particularly when you are in an intellectual environment where there is a push towards this general sentiment. I might ask: Across the wide divide of our individual experiences, how can I try to understand other people's models of reality? Or: If my acceptance of another person's model of reality is not matched in kind, how do I respond constructively to that? Or: How can I find a compromise between accepting the reality of other people's models of reality, and disagreeing with the actionable conclusions that may arise from those differences? (Like: I get it that some people think homosexuality is a sin, but that doesn't mean I'm okay with it) Or: Does the degree to which I accept other people's models as valid represent an underlying bias? (For instance a sentiment that it's fine that some isolated culture thinks witchcraft is real, but it's not so okay when a more wordly culture feels women should be in a subjugated role) I think it's worth asking questions from the other side, particularly when you are in an intellectual environment where there is a push towards this general sentiment.

I might ask: Across the wide divide of our individual experiences, how can I try to understand other people's models of reality?

Or: If my acceptance of another person's model of reality is not matched in kind, how do I respond constructively to that?

Or: How can I find a compromise between accepting the reality of other people's models of reality, and disagreeing with the actionable conclusions that may arise from those differences? (Like: I get it that some people think homosexuality is a sin, but that doesn't mean I'm okay with it)

Or: Does the degree to which I accept other people's models as valid represent an underlying bias? (For instance a sentiment that it's fine that some isolated culture thinks witchcraft is real, but it's not so okay when a more wordly culture feels women should be in a subjugated role)

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