The Pocket Site

This article I Think You’re Fat – Esquire describes the interesting insight of living with fewer intellectual filters. IMHO it’s not just about being honest with ‘others’, but as Aristotle says, “We are what we repeatedly do”. Like the author, I’m not 100% comfortable with this solution, but can see that it must be an all or nothing approach. As soon as a little bit of filtering creeps in, we find the whole house of cards reverting to the way we used to communicate. Lets face it, if you find a situation is uncomfortable, its usually because you have to adapt and change in some way to cope.

I wonder if the intellectual filters we eliminate by this approach are then replaced by a deepening emotional intelligence. Our intentions in communicating can be more clearly conveyed because there are less internal conflicts getting in the way, while our conviction/passion is more evident. Hmm…

Recently made some comments on noodad.com about whether or not its OK to lie about kids ages to get cheaper admission to theme parks. The general consensus seemed to be that admission charges were rip offs anyway, but it was better not to lie outright. What do you think?

I mean, it’s free choice to go to these places, so inevitably it is theft. Hmm…

What about those who do the right thing and then aren’t believed. I guess if I was setting up a theme park or something similar, then I would consider it a point of principle to provide parents with the benefit of the doubt. I mean its not just about the rides, places like Disney for example are really charging people to buy access to their advertising! OT a bit, it sure must be nice running a business that operates from such a position of strength.