[Silk] Looking back …

2022-12-30 Thread Peter Griffin via Silklist
… what’s the nicest and/or smartest thing you did for yourself in 2022? -- Silklist mailing list Silklist@lists.digeratus.in https://mailman.panix.com/listinfo.cgi/silklist

[Silk] Creatures of our times

2022-12-30 Thread Peter Griffin via Silklist
Often, when we discuss prominent individuals or societies long gone and their shortcomings, we are reminded not to judge them too harshly, because they were products of their times. What current perfectly legit behaviours do you think people of, say, 100 years in the future will look back on and r

Re: [Silk] Looking back …

2022-12-30 Thread Venkatesh Hariharan via Silklist
On Fri, Dec 30, 2022 at 4:05 PM Peter Griffin via Silklist < silklist@lists.digeratus.in> wrote: > … what’s the nicest and/or smartest thing you did for yourself in 2022? > Being selective about who I work for has been a huge blessing. It took me some time to realize that I love working with High

Re: [Silk] Creatures of our times

2022-12-30 Thread Udhay Shankar N via Silklist
On Fri, Dec 30, 2022 at 4:09 PM Peter Griffin via Silklist < silklist@lists.digeratus.in> wrote: Often, when we discuss prominent individuals or societies long gone and > their shortcomings, we are reminded not to judge them too harshly, because > they were products of their times. > > What curren

Re: [Silk] Creatures of our times

2022-12-30 Thread Kiran K Karthikeyan via Silklist
On Fri, 30 Dec 2022 at 4:09 PM, Peter Griffin via Silklist < silklist@lists.digeratus.in> wrote: > What current perfectly legit behaviours do you think people of, say, 100 > years in the future will look back on and remind themselves to be kind, > that we were creatures of our times? > > (I had se

Re: [Silk] Looking back …

2022-12-30 Thread Mohit via Silklist
On Fri, 30 Dec, 2022, 16:05 Peter Griffin via Silklist, < silklist@lists.digeratus.in> wrote: > … what’s the nicest and/or smartest thing you did for yourself in 2022? > 1. Left the job & took time to recover from burnout (shouldn't have joined the next one so soon, but that's a different story)

Re: [Silk] Creatures of our times

2022-12-30 Thread Amit Varma via Silklist
On Fri, Dec 30, 2022 at 4:10 PM Peter Griffin via Silklist < silklist@lists.digeratus.in> wrote: > Often, when we discuss prominent individuals or societies long gone and > their shortcomings, we are reminded not to judge them too harshly, because > they were products of their times. > > What curr

Re: [Silk] Creatures of our times

2022-12-30 Thread Mohit via Silklist
On Fri, 30 Dec, 2022, 16:09 Peter Griffin via Silklist, < silklist@lists.digeratus.in> wrote: > > What current perfectly legit behaviours do you think people of, say, 100 > years in the future will look back on and remind themselves to be kind, > that we were creatures of our times? > That we all

Re: [Silk] Looking back …

2022-12-30 Thread Amit Varma via Silklist
On Fri, Dec 30, 2022 at 4:05 PM Peter Griffin via Silklist < silklist@lists.digeratus.in> wrote: > … what’s the nicest and/or smartest thing you did for yourself in 2022? > Made a decision to strip toxic people (and toxic whatsapp groups) out of my life. Essentially people who spend too much time

Re: [Silk] Looking back …

2022-12-30 Thread Huda Masood via Silklist
Ask myself everyday, what I want. The death of my father this year taught me a great deal about how quiet he was about the people he supported and took care of, while never denying his own family anything. Asking myself and answering myself every day, and choosing to replace the word ‘need’ with

Re: [Silk] Looking back …

2022-12-30 Thread Ingrid via Silklist
Added a couple of days onto each work trip to immerse myself in local experiences, often with friends/colleagues I haven’t met for ages. Mandu, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Delhi and Milan made the cut this year. Ingrid Srinath @ingridsrinath > On 30-Dec-2022, at 4:05 PM, Peter Griffin via Silklist >

Re: [Silk] Creatures of our times

2022-12-30 Thread Ingrid via Silklist
Already less than legit, yet still too prevalent — corporal punishment for children. Ingrid Srinath @ingridsrinath > On 30-Dec-2022, at 4:09 PM, Peter Griffin via Silklist > wrote: > >  > Often, when we discuss prominent individuals or societies long gone and their > shortcomings, we are

Re: [Silk] Creatures of our times

2022-12-30 Thread Ashim D'Silva via Silklist
> > > What current perfectly legit behaviours do you think people of, say, 100 > years in the future will look back on and remind themselves to be kind, that > we were creatures of our times? That we created machines that could replace most of laborious human work, and yet made humans do it a

Re: [Silk] Creatures of our times

2022-12-30 Thread Gaurav Vaz via Silklist
On Fri, Dec 30, 2022 at 11:39 AM, Peter Griffin via Silklist < silklist@lists.digeratus.in> wrote: > Often, when we discuss prominent individuals or societies long gone and > their shortcomings, we are reminded not to judge them too harshly, because > they were products of their times. > > What cu

Re: [Silk] Looking back …

2022-12-30 Thread Christopher A Kantarjiev via Silklist
Decided I could afford to get a massage every two weeks, and did it consistently. On 30-Dec-2022, at 4:05 PM, Peter Griffin via Silklist wrote:  … what’s the nicest and/or smartest thing you did for yourself in 2022? -- Silklist mailing list Silklist@lists.digeratus.in https://mailman.panix.c

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2022-12-30 Thread Martin Senftleben via Silklist
Investing more time to serve others and not myself. Martinbegin:vcard fn:Martin Senftleben n:Senftleben;Martin email;internet:drmarti...@drmartinus.de title:Pfr. i.R. Dr. phil. tel;home:05331-9319224 tel;cell:0172-5896550 x-mozilla-html:FALSE version:2.1 end:vcard -- Silklist mailing list Silkl