tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post2420877741532240404..comments2024-03-27T01:28:28.346-07:00Comments on False Machine: Monsters of Incompetence and Atomic Breadpjamesstuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13288777018721199748noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-38651246722710028262013-02-23T15:29:35.132-08:002013-02-23T15:29:35.132-08:00On that bread: The Pathology of the Processed Foo...On that bread: <a href="http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/02/22/the-pathology-of-the-processed-food-industry/" rel="nofollow">The Pathology of the Processed Food Industry</a>redbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04600098550347299095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-58631442705845944812012-04-07T23:50:01.637-07:002012-04-07T23:50:01.637-07:00I wanted to add that it brought to mind a quote fr...I wanted to add that it brought to mind a quote from Robert Kegan:<br /><br />"Successfully functioning in a society with diverse values, traditions, and lifestyles, requires us to have a relationship to our own reactions rather than be captive of them. To resist our tendency to make Right or True that which is merely familiar, and Wrong or False that which is only strange."Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07134126937159646788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-64762269517364904662012-04-07T23:21:35.014-07:002012-04-07T23:21:35.014-07:00This kind of floored me. Well done.This kind of floored me. Well done.Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07134126937159646788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-78080217123334775472012-03-31T02:14:37.633-07:002012-03-31T02:14:37.633-07:00Thanks ver muchThanks ver muchpjamesstuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13288777018721199748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-6944767618072698292012-03-31T02:13:07.609-07:002012-03-31T02:13:07.609-07:00I did not know about Denings book, I took a look a...I did not know about Denings book, I took a look at the reviews and it seems fascinating. I will add it to my Amazon list. Thank you.pjamesstuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13288777018721199748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-77021108608125275602012-03-29T23:51:15.293-07:002012-03-29T23:51:15.293-07:00seconded - and the whitebread analogy is almost to...seconded - and the whitebread analogy is almost too neat. I'm interested in how this propagates through all the iterations of crunchy granola and other hair shirts, too: just what goes into acceptance. <br /><br />Do you know Greg Dening's work on naval discipline - eg Mr. Bligh's Bad Language? He's infuriating but interesting.richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517340075234811323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-36912816835697111352012-03-29T19:23:39.261-07:002012-03-29T19:23:39.261-07:00Wow, I think that bit on Monsters and Military Inc...Wow, I think that bit on Monsters and Military Incomptence is really smart.<br /><br />Most of the most annoying tedious jackoff people I hear in RPG circles seem to be people who never do anything but play RPGs and will tolerate crappy games because they have no other options in life.<br /><br />The ones with the most interesting insights seem to be people who have actual lives and so will stop playing if a game reaches a certain level of suck.<br /><br />I never understood the military obsession with order until I read a history of the civil war and realized how much chaos and disorder and improvisation is necessarily created during wars. You need to start with order to handle all that disorder. I kinda feel the same way about the sessions I run--I start with things systematized and nailed down so I can handle the lunacy that is about to come.<br /><br />But, yeah--the people who just need those rules _period_ lunacy or no--and whose game seems to develop out of how the rules work--they're the tired tedious ones.<br /><br />Food for thought. Good on ya.Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.com