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Re: Perma+culture
You are correct sir, this does sound like "mental compost."
On 28 Aug 1996, David Fuller wrote:
> Absolutely agree with you. The balance between Slow Knowledge and Fast
> Knowledge is at the heart of much of what we are struggling with as a
> species. I found an excellent article in the April (I think) issue of
> Conservation Biology, by David Orr that addresses these issues.
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> Whether we refer to certain classes of information as "spiritual" or "wisdom"
> or apply any other label, it matters less than the recognition of a
> particular kind of synthesis that is occurring. Our own personal kind
> of mental composting, I guess! A non-cognitive form of processing is
> resident within us, and becomes particularly potent when coupled with
> critical thinking. These faculties, whatever we choose to label them
> are to be celebrated, not pinned to the dissecting board. Things have
> a way of disintegrating when that happens.
>
> Warmest regards, Dave Fuller.
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