No, the pleasure is mine. Thank you for the thought exercise.

Well, you “learn” something, you are free to assign values and truths to what you have learned. Regarding “feelings”, you can let your reflexive (learned) biases take over or you can intentionally step back, lose your bias/es and look at facts of events before reacting (lose the reflexive feelings). There is a phrase by Viktor Frankl — “Between the stimulus and response, there is a space. And in that space lies our freedom and power to choose our responses. In our response lies our growth and our freedom”. (Although honestly I think the phrase was erroneously credited to him but the point of the phrase remains — I could not find it in his book ‘Man’s Search for Meaning’)

I suppose how “free” one is depends on if one believes in free will? I guess if one is deterministic, all of one’s actions are, in the end, determined by some cause that is external to any ones “will”.

I find Debian very stable (though a little slow getting new shiny things but that makes it more stable), running that alongside Manjaro (rolling release so much more updated, very stable although less stable than Debian IMHO) I think I have a great set for my use case.

Debian 12 “bookworm” is out. Testing it some. It’s with kernel 6.1 (one kernel behind from newest when I installed)…seemed solid but needs tinkering for my work apps i needed. Primary iso has both free and non free firmware. Working solid so far. (But I have to admit I still use Manjaro for my dailies).

Is morality objective or subjective? Is there a middle ground?

Started with the usual traffic, felt a little melancholic. Met a 26 years old with a glioblastoma. Felt thankful I was able to drive still despite the bad morning traffic. #grateful

For the open minded

Please do, but eat real veggies “directly” from time to time. Your gut will thank you 😂

This nugget 👆nostr:npub1dld9hn3gsgtkh7atl26s8gd49qfjjkpdw8ztap9mk4n7vhq60y0satfd8s

Grass is greener where you water it

Yes! It never changes. It is fundamental. There you go bro! True nugget. 👆here’s the catch…how do we know it? I obviously don’t have the answer. Hence I converse and maybe one day one can show me.

I think we were beginning to be more aware of this burnout in the early 70’s. HITECH opened the gates and ushered the advent of the straw that is breaking the camel’s back (EPIC in my case, but more than just that). I share your burden. How we cope differs but I would hazard that the goal is the same. I started focusing on “atelic” activities and view “telic” ones as a means to achieve the former. Our rounds are never going to be shorter, consults are never going to be fewer.

Shared burden makes it easier to swallow - share your thoughts.

Time is limited. I begin rounds with an eye towards the promise of time to spend on that which I “dont need to do” but “want to do”. - focus on the “atelic” (although do not forget the “oath”).

Kieran Setiya maybe a rabbit hole you might consider to explore.

Hold the line, although you don’t need to toe the line.

Cogito ergo sum. Started a revolution of the western thinking. This is why the “west” swims against the river flow. The “east” swims with the flow. Both ends up opposite the headwaters. One is not tired.

👆 Nugget

True. We do carry patterns no matter when or where, by years of habituation (for better or worse). An attending once mentioned that we can change how we dress, same old character will eventually show up. Smart guy. Interestingly, his last name was also “Wise”. 😂

Hahaha, good point. If I then make a pure descriptive proposition about that matter, sans my biases, the only facts of the case that I would find would be: that there is the dog (color, posture, hairy-ness, etc), then the cracklin sounds (maybe vibrations, etc), and then the ensuing barks (maybe including the quantity, meter, patterns of sound, etc). But one CANNOT find “joy” or “dislike” or any other emotion contained within that particular happening. There was no “emotion” at all that can be found in the event. The mind can then be blamed as the only source of that emotion.

Well my friend I hope you do not tire of the thought exercise. I only meant honest engagement as I always learn from others. Men of thought are fundamentally reductionists: existence cannot be “physical awareness” (if you remove personal bias you cannot find “existence via the five basic senses), extinction is a label (complex theory: quarks and gluons remain even though the macro, ie body disappears), “selfessness” is a quirky word (where is the “self”, can you find it, where is it?). I come with an open mind. I shall further dissect a more coherent response once I disassemble camp.

Agree with consistency, re: “survival”, as that’s probably hardwired in our biology. One has to define what “existence” is, then one could be satisfied (or not) based on their definition of that (and their perceived state of distance from the definition). I don’t subscribe to free will (as one traditionally defines it) but that’s a whole ‘nother topic right there 😂🤣

Today is not my dog’s favorite day #fireworks 😂

Yes, freedom should extend to that (non-engagement) in the traditional sense. Your boundaries.