Observational Learning
May 4th, 2011
Sometimes it seems that the world is just losing its collective mind. People are arguing, in their respective boxes, about things that don’t matter to their future, their livelihood, their progress on any sort of project. They just argue, and immediately, without even hearing the rest of the sentence from their “opponent.” It is almost as if the winning of the argument, regardless of the actual prize, is the most important thing in their lives.
What I want to know is, what is that prize? What could be so very important that the onslaught must begin before the sentence is complete? Does everything you say have to be an assault? Does everything you hear have to be an assault?
I’d love to enter into conversations about a whole slew of interesting topics. Moula, Open Source, the state of the planet, quantum living, the massive increases in tornadoes, hurricanes, volcanoes, etc; you know, ordinary things. But there are very few places or groups of people who can seem to stay calm long enough to have such a conversation. I’ll keep looking, but it does get a bit frustrating to have a question and refrain from asking because only the self-declared know-all’s will be the only ones who answer — then shortly they begin to argue with each other. Those interest me not in the least, as they’ve said very little already that I didn’t already know and plenty I knew they would say that showed knowing wasn’t their goal. The goal is winning.
Ah well. Such is life. Back to the cavern to smell the flowers and talk to the butterflies. They all seem to be able to live in harmony with one another at the moment. I guess they’ll let me in for a while, too.