tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post361884880830405528..comments2024-03-14T09:01:47.587-08:00Comments on What Do I Know?: Bitter MilkStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10498066938213558757noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-68104711279284001802011-03-02T00:15:09.216-09:002011-03-02T00:15:09.216-09:00Ah, Steve, exactly why I returned to university in...Ah, Steve, exactly why I returned to university in my 50s. It doesn't much make economic sense, really. But it does to make time to reflect on things again after years of reading for my work, for the advantages of ideas in a competitive field.<br /><br />But what have I found? University as factory. Reading for assessment, the tools of metrics.<br /><br />So I do the 'work' of university for the degree and habor time to learn privately -- I build my library on and off line; I attend lectures and places of conversation. I guess it's why I'm attending Quakers here. It's that place, in group silence, to roll ideas over the tongue and really taste ideas I encounter.<br /><br />There is so much hurry. Slowing to think is a precious, deliberate activity for me -- and I believe, for so many others.<br /><br />What do I know? A bit more, a bit at a time.Jacob Dugan-Brausehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06287631724339961459noreply@blogger.com