"Michael.... I am amazed and very pleased with the blog. Enjoyed reading it. I know Samuel would have been pleased also. Great Job!!!!!
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Samuel Nathan Gillian Jr. (1939-2016), MEd. (photo c.1978) [1]
To teach care is to teach fear(fulness)--to teach children to be terrified (in a good way) is education at its foundational best; there is nothing more basic that the human species must…
There are many who have continued to try to find another way to make meaning of fear, as this group of presenters is doing in their latest:
If you are interested go to Possibility Management.org
This has got to be one of the most stunning philosophical lectures/performances of a genius liberal-radical contemporary philosopher (Cornel West) in 2014, there is-- I listen to it and it touches so many chords and choruses of the type of…
Glad to announce this new book, initiated and led by B. Maria Kumar and most of his essays, and I respond to them. (Indra Publishing House, 2022)
I think readers will find us as two fearists in a creative exchange that was a lot of fun for me…
"Kent Olson has made a recent comment on one of Desh Subba's explictations of his trans philosophism
Olson wrote, "Desh, try fear as a metaphysical first principle, as in the manner of Heraclitus or Thales, et al."
I think that would be a very good…"
Bishwa Darpan
Monday, April 11, 2022
Interview With Desh Subba On Trans Philosophism
Trans Philosophism Is A Terminator
Desh Subba
Desh Subba was born in Nepal and lives in Hong Kong. He has been writing various books in 'Philosophy of Fearism'.…
Getting playfully serious about what would fearlessness look like in a "future's scenario" of the global problems... this is an interesting video you may want to watch on Dr. R. Michael Fisher (yours truly) spinning a real/imaginary scenario of…
"Hi and Welcome Judy to the FM ning-- what I sometimes refer to as the fearlesship... all of us sailing in and around this world of fear-fearlessness dynamics ...
Look forward to hearing your posts and comments here and letting us all know what drew…"
A colleague sent this to me, if you are interested what some grassroots, self-help groups are doing around the topic of "fear" these days.
I am not a supporter or not against such endeavors.
They have their pluses and minuses, from my perspective.…
May you or some one could post a few Trekky quotes, my computer doesn't play linked videos right now, it's old and needs to go eventually)... hey, I did find a few quotes from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" tv series... here's just one (from "Nightmares" episode, n.d.)...
Buffy has encountered the Master Vampire (a horrific looking creature) and Master Vampire says to her: "Fear is a wonderful thing. It's the most powerful force in the world, not love, not hate, fear. We are defined by things we fear. But fear is in the mind. Like pain it can be controlled. If I can face my fear it cannot master me.... I am free because you [humans] fear it."
Unfortunately, I agree completely. I guess we have to find 'rare' exceptions to the general trend and support them and study how they keep the "culture of fear" at-bay, more or less. Oh, I love watching movies too, thanks for the leads. My daughters likewise back in the day, were big fans of "Buffy" and there were some great episodes that were explicitly about fear, but sorry I wouldn't have a clue what they were. I did take notes and quotes a few times. I'll have to find those and post them.
There is plenty of fear around - on the ground in Europe and Middle East, not to mention the institutionalized fear that organizations including (especially?) educational organizations churn out and stew in. My daughters read and watch sci fi - especially from a generation or two past, and it is interesting how often fear dominates the scenarios. Here are a few examples:
Star Trek: Voyager: Season 2: Episode 23: The Thaw
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May you or some one could post a few Trekky quotes, my computer doesn't play linked videos right now, it's old and needs to go eventually)... hey, I did find a few quotes from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" tv series... here's just one (from "Nightmares" episode, n.d.)...
Buffy has encountered the Master Vampire (a horrific looking creature) and Master Vampire says to her: "Fear is a wonderful thing. It's the most powerful force in the world, not love, not hate, fear. We are defined by things we fear. But fear is in the mind. Like pain it can be controlled. If I can face my fear it cannot master me.... I am free because you [humans] fear it."
Hi Veronika,
Unfortunately, I agree completely. I guess we have to find 'rare' exceptions to the general trend and support them and study how they keep the "culture of fear" at-bay, more or less. Oh, I love watching movies too, thanks for the leads. My daughters likewise back in the day, were big fans of "Buffy" and there were some great episodes that were explicitly about fear, but sorry I wouldn't have a clue what they were. I did take notes and quotes a few times. I'll have to find those and post them.
Hello Michael:
There is plenty of fear around - on the ground in Europe and Middle East, not to mention the institutionalized fear that organizations including (especially?) educational organizations churn out and stew in. My daughters read and watch sci fi - especially from a generation or two past, and it is interesting how often fear dominates the scenarios. Here are a few examples: