Life happens while we are having conversations with ourselves and other people. Not learning from others may have a lot to do with not truly
‘listening’ to what others say. Listening is the context that makes
life intelligible, allows anything to have meaning, and forms the basis
for all communication (both written and spoken). It is a whole lot more
than just ‘hearing’ the words that are spoken. I’m always listening,
always bringing a prior interpretation or understanding of my world to
every situation I encounter or can imagine encountering.[
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I was speaking about the future with my son recently over an
obscenely large steak at an Argentinian restaurant in Mexico City. We’d
just seen a real ‘shoot ’em up’ film which just happened to be called
Shoot ’em Up.
The hero, a kind of homeless James Bond, lives on the street,
reminiscent of Lee Child’s character Jack Reach. They are both tougher
than tough guys, the kind of character who make the bad guys feel bad
that they ever met. Last night’s film was about 500 guys getting wasted
by the hero, including 20 or so in an aerial gunfight while skydiving.
This movie was way over the top. We talked about various film genres
and ended up declaring this will become a cult classic along the lines
of
Pulp Fiction and
Straw Dogs. This is definitely a guy film.[
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