I think i may get this book. Thanks for sharing. In appreciation, i offer a photo i took of a walt whitman statue this week.

Do you have a dating life - is this the kind of stuff you read for pleasure? I read the article attached to the link and came away thinking "I could have spent that 15-minutes doing a ton of things that would have been more pleasurable. More often than not the simplest answer is the right one - you're over thinking things.

Our brains make a model of the world, which is only a model having no substance beyond its usefulness to help us function as the world requires, and that includes the collection of parts the brain can directly control. There is nothing more.

I think the self is a social construction, roles we learn and perform.

"A phenomenon can’t be unique and universal at the same time"

Michaelangelo's David is a universal particular.