Comments on: Astonishment, its a cultural thing http://cultureby.com/2009/11/astonishment-its-a-cultural-thing.html This Blog Sits At the Intersection of Anthropology and Economics Wed, 23 May 2012 20:32:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Grant McCracken http://cultureby.com/2009/11/astonishment-its-a-cultural-thing.html/comment-page-1#comment-90 Grant McCracken Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:13:46 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=13#comment-90 Tom, indeed, indeed. Thanks, Grant Tom, indeed, indeed. Thanks, Grant

]]> By: Grant McCracken http://cultureby.com/2009/11/astonishment-its-a-cultural-thing.html/comment-page-1#comment-89 Grant McCracken Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:19:59 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=13#comment-89 Daria, totally, development is the best path to peace.  Best, Grant Daria, totally, development is the best path to peace.  Best, Grant

]]> By: twitter.com/tomguarriello http://cultureby.com/2009/11/astonishment-its-a-cultural-thing.html/comment-page-1#comment-88 twitter.com/tomguarriello Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:06:42 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=13#comment-88 Very nicely said. And, it's not just people, of course, but objects as well that are surrounded by horizons of possibility...meaning auras. Very nicely said. And, it’s not just people, of course, but objects as well that are surrounded by horizons of possibility…meaning auras.

]]> By: Daria Steigman http://cultureby.com/2009/11/astonishment-its-a-cultural-thing.html/comment-page-1#comment-87 Daria Steigman Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:54:36 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=13#comment-87 There's a scene at the beginning of one of the Le Carre movie adaptations (I think it was The Little Drummer Girl) where a very blond Nordic-looking young woman talks her way into the home of an Israel diplomat to leave a gift for her au pair friend. The house then blows up. I only caught the end of the documentary yesterday, but was struck by how young and impressionable these terrorists were, and how we'd just walk by them in any other setting. That got me thinking: What would have happened if they had options, and someone had empowered them to succeed rather than to die? There’s a scene at the beginning of one of the Le Carre movie adaptations (I think it was The Little Drummer Girl) where a very blond Nordic-looking young woman talks her way into the home of an Israel diplomat to leave a gift for her au pair friend. The house then blows up.

I only caught the end of the documentary yesterday, but was struck by how young and impressionable these terrorists were, and how we’d just walk by them in any other setting. That got me thinking: What would have happened if they had options, and someone had empowered them to succeed rather than to die?

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