A small minority of people around the world will know without having it explained.
For those of you who were around in the 70’s but didn’t get into heavy discussions about the meaning of life blah blah blah blah ………. then: -
Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen_and_the_Art_of_Motorcycle_Maintenance
Was a book I read in 1975 and truly affected my take on things at the time. I didn’t realise until a couple of years ago when I re-read it that at the time it had also moulded me regarding my opinions and attitudes.
The biggest shock was that the parts of the book covering poor mental health now reflected how I viewed the world ………….. spooky!
To give recognition to the part this book played for me I use zenataomm often as a pseudonym.
I was three when you read that book.
I think I could probably recognise the initial of my first name.
Just thought I’d point that out.
No reason.
Just thought I would.
When I was teaching Advanced Software Design at Coventry University in the ’90s, I argued strongly to have that book put on the Required Reading list for the course. I argued, pretty persuasively I thought, that there was just no other book like it for learning the right way to think about “the right way to think about things.”
Well, they didn’t swallow that (more fools they!), but I did eventually succeed in getting it added to the Recommended Reading list. My students loved it.
Anyway, I hope that you’re doing well, or at least as well as possible. We think of you often.
Kay
Thanks Kay