[MD] Awareness and consciousness in the MOQ

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To belabor the metaphor a bit and thoroughly grind it to dust Arlo, a map is useful for following in the tracks of someone who's been there before, and a compass is useful for venturing into new territory.

Thanks for your dialog,

Your friend John

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On Apr 19, 2012, at 7:48 AM, Arlo Bensinger <ajb102 at psu.edu> wrote:

> [John]
> All I'm saying Arlo, is that I don't read the MoQ as a map. I read the MoQ as a compass.  I'll make my own map, thank you.
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> [Arlo]
> Which is effect what we all do, really. We are all part of the larger historical dialogue, and from that we listen and we speak and we try to make sense of what's in front of us. A compass, to me, would seem to indicate a certain 'objectivity' (it always points 'north' regardless of where you are or what situation you are in), but that may be my own use of the word.
> 
> [John]
> It's not designed to be useful to anyone else. My map is strictly  for me.
> 
> [Arlo]
> I suppose it depends on how you define "useful". I find maps others have made of certain topographies useful if for no other reason that to see how others defined certain problems and how they suggested they be resolved.
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