[MD] Freedom(s)?

[Arlo Bensinger]

[John]
It's interesting to think that in a world of too many choices, "more 
freedom" as in  "more choices" isn't what's needed.  What's needed is 
a better way of sifting the choices we've got.

[Arlo]
Agree.

[John]
Childlike play and unpredictability are treasures in older people.

[Arlo]
The Te of Piglet. :-)

I do agree, of course. But I imagine our daily lives* would be much 
different if everyone around us acted even a slight degree less 
predictably than they do. In fact, I think Pirsig's words about the 
Native American inability to adapt to a life with a "clock" very much 
shows that "predictablity and routine" are two major imports we 
offer. There was a John Cleese film (name escapes me) about a man 
"addicted" to routine and clocks, and what happens when that "breaks".

I think its sad that the "childlike" spontaneity and enthusiasm to 
"just follow Quality" is something modern culture beats out of you. 
Of course, a capital economy could not function if everyone acted 
like "wild Indians", and I think this ties back to Pirsig's comments 
about what cost our wealth and power were attained with (what its 
like to be a part of the world, and not an enemy of it).

In our present culture, could your friend be anything but an 
exception to the rule?