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Beware the Near Enemies (In Life & Tech)
[T]he near enemy of loving-kindness is conditional love — selfish, sentimental attachment — when you wish well for others only when they make you happy. It’s like when you say “I love ice cream.” You are not wishing well for the ice cream, you are wishing for the ice cream to bring your mouth pleasure. Ever used “I love” that way with humans?
Sam Fussell: an interview with the author of Muscle
a man drives his rectangular car into a rectangular supermarket lot. He passes the other rectangular cars on the way to park in his rectangular parking spot. He exits his vehicle and walks to the market. Along the way, he picks up a rectangular shopping cart. He pushes his cart into the supermarket. The supermarket, as a building, is a large rectangle.
The man pushes his cart to the frozen meat section. He eyes the offerings. The meat, be it chicken or beef, is wrapped in a rectangular package.
The man leans forward and selects a rectangular package of meat from the display and proceeds to the check-out line.
He places the meat on the rubber moving counter, the counter in the shape of rectangle. He pulls from his wallet, which is the shape of a rectangle, a bill. The bill is the shape of a rectangle. Though he could have used a debit or charge card. Also the shape of a rectangle.
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