Comments on: Follow my bliss http://cultureby.com/2004/08/follow_my_bliss.html This Blog Sits At the Intersection of Anthropology and Economics Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:43:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Grant http://cultureby.com/2004/08/follow_my_bliss.html/comment-page-1#comment-7733 Grant Thu, 19 Aug 2004 13:19:25 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=1150#comment-7733 Steve, thanks for the update on your reactions to Klein. As to the distinction being embracing contradiction and denial of same, I think the latter is just more interesting. It opens up possibilities instead of hiding them away. No? Best, grant Steve, thanks for the update on your reactions to Klein. As to the distinction being embracing contradiction and denial of same, I think the latter is just more interesting. It opens up possibilities instead of hiding them away. No?
Best, grant

]]> By: jbarrett http://cultureby.com/2004/08/follow_my_bliss.html/comment-page-1#comment-7732 jbarrett Thu, 05 Aug 2004 01:20:24 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=1150#comment-7732 The advice seems not all that fresh. The theme was also a mantra of the nineteen sixties; maybe also of the fifties. I wonder if it is particularly inspirational to today’s youth towards which it seems directed; youth filled with desires and expectation and unfettered by the investments of choices made. The implication that everything will be all right is irritating to read, of course it won’t, but even inexperienced youth can tell nonsense when they read it. Do you suppose? At any rate, I don’t agree that those who ardently follow such advice are mostly doomed to a life in the airless discomfort of an RV. There are opportunities to self correct and our culture provides them in abundance. The advice seems not all that fresh. The theme was also a mantra of the nineteen sixties; maybe also of the fifties.

I wonder if it is particularly inspirational to today’s youth towards which it seems directed; youth filled with desires and expectation and unfettered by the investments of choices made. The implication that everything will be all right is irritating to read, of course it won’t, but even inexperienced youth can tell nonsense when they read it. Do you suppose?

At any rate, I don’t agree that those who ardently follow such advice are mostly doomed to a life in the airless discomfort of an RV. There are opportunities to self correct and our culture provides them in abundance.

]]> By: Steve Portigal http://cultureby.com/2004/08/follow_my_bliss.html/comment-page-1#comment-7731 Steve Portigal Wed, 04 Aug 2004 01:23:12 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=1150#comment-7731 But all I said is that Naomi could write about it for an entire chapter. I didn't say anything beyond that! In fact, after years of reading her column clipped and mailed to me by my mom (who doesn't read your blog), I picked up the book, and put it down again, overwhelmed with earnestness. Then I worked with a marketer who was VERY into the book, and I swallowed my discomfort and picked it up. I found that I enjoyed the first 1/2, and made it through the first 3/4, before flipping pages towards the end. The stories about marketing were interesting, and you didn't need to share her politics to learn from it. I'm reading Ralph Caplan's 1982 "By Design" on my trip to Vegas now, and I'm struck by a similarity in stance, although Caplan is much much more wry and pointed in his opinions, but there's an overlap there somewhere. And Grant, what's the difference between embracing a cultural contradiction and denial? But all I said is that Naomi could write about it for an entire chapter. I didn’t say anything beyond that!

In fact, after years of reading her column clipped and mailed to me by my mom (who doesn’t read your blog), I picked up the book, and put it down again, overwhelmed with earnestness. Then I worked with a marketer who was VERY into the book, and I swallowed my discomfort and picked it up. I found that I enjoyed the first 1/2, and made it through the first 3/4, before flipping pages towards the end. The stories about marketing were interesting, and you didn’t need to share her politics to learn from it.

I’m reading Ralph Caplan’s 1982 “By Design” on my trip to Vegas now, and I’m struck by a similarity in stance, although Caplan is much much more wry and pointed in his opinions, but there’s an overlap there somewhere.

And Grant, what’s the difference between embracing a cultural contradiction and denial?

]]> By: Grant http://cultureby.com/2004/08/follow_my_bliss.html/comment-page-1#comment-7730 Grant Tue, 03 Aug 2004 23:05:50 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=1150#comment-7730 Steve, thanks for the post, you and I differ about Naomi, I think. Starbucks is at least interesting enough to embrace a cultural contradiction. This is more complexity than poor Naomi could possibly manage. Thanks, Grant Steve, thanks for the post, you and I differ about Naomi, I think. Starbucks is at least interesting enough to embrace a cultural contradiction. This is more complexity than poor Naomi could possibly manage. Thanks,
Grant

]]> By: Steve Portigal http://cultureby.com/2004/08/follow_my_bliss.html/comment-page-1#comment-7729 Steve Portigal Tue, 03 Aug 2004 11:05:54 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=1150#comment-7729 The idea of Starbucks associating themselves with resisting conformity seems like fodder for an entire Naomi Klein chapter. "Ironic" or "disingenuous" doesn't quite seem to cut it. The idea of Starbucks associating themselves with resisting conformity seems like fodder for an entire Naomi Klein chapter. “Ironic” or “disingenuous” doesn’t quite seem to cut it.

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