Swimming in the Sea of Knowledge 120505
Irving Wladawsky-Berger moderated a very interesting panel on The Blogging Phenomenon December 5, 2005 at the Westport Public Library. I found his remarks and those of the other panel members to be provocative and prompted the title of this post. See a related entry in Westport Now.
What does it mean to be swimming in the Sea of Knowledge? How do I keep from be drowned? Or pounded senseless by the bizarre garbage (the best phrase that comes to mind at the moment) that is also in the Sea? How is the swimming changing my view of the world? How is the swimming changing me internally? What sense could I, should I make of all this? What could I, should I do next?
I have conceived of this post as one under a constant state of evolution as my mind, hopefully, becomes clearer on these questions.
Stay tuned. Something useful may emerge.
James Drogan
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Why did I choose to be swimming in the Sea of Knowledge? Why do I choose not to drown? Or to be pounded by the bizarre garbage that is also in the Sea? Why do I choose to change my view of the world? Why is the swimming changing me internally? What sense do I choose to make of this? What do I choose to do next?
…time (space) will answer the prior, accountability is ours (individual!)…Perhaps?
George Mallory responded "Because it is there" to 'Why climb Everest?'
Mallory was curious about Everest, I about the Sea of Knowledge.
Why? Curiosity about a large number of things (from as far back as I can remember) seems to be the best answer. My pleasures of my vocation also suggest a dip.