turpinu būt apsēsts ar tao lin:
http://reader-of-depressing-books.blogspot.com/2006/07/11000-word-post-with-tao-lin-kevin.html



"all your actions are based on preconceptions and you are unable to discern the concrete effects of actions, because your language and therefore your worldview is largely abstract/'received' (marriage is sacred or postmodernism is bad; rather than marriage is [concrete results of marriage] or [word count, idea, length, construction of a specific sentence] is [effect the sentence has on your brain]), which means if most people say slavery is good you will also say 'slavery is good,' which means that though almost everyone who reads this site participates in 'best books' discussions and constantly uses the words 'good,' 'better,' 'best,' 'bad,' almost everyone who reads this site would also agree that slavery is wrong, women should be able to vote, racial/sexual intolerance is bad, which are things that have changed only because some people were able to think concretely ('different') rather than abstractly ('better')"

šīs teorijas caurums, man šķiet, sākas ar "which are things that have changed", jo tas strādā abos virzienos, tas ir, verdzība un uzskats, ka tā ir pieņemama, arī radās, jo ļoti konkrēti cilvēki spēja vēl konkrētāk iedomāties, piemēram, ka viņu priekšā esošie ļaudis, ja viņiem nav jāmaksā alga, var nolasīt tikuntik cukurbiešu dienā. no otras puses, tas ir ļoti labs cepienu izskaidrojums: pasvied gaisā kādu jēdzienu (piemēram, tikumību, valodas tīrību), kas ir tik nenoteikts un nekonkretizējams, ka ikvienam par to ir viedoklis, un pārējais radīsies pats no sevis.

šo rakstot, es uz brīdi aizmirsu, ka nevaru aizmigt, jo man par daudzām lietām ir kauns.