Re: Reminiscence and telling stories [was: Suns considered harmful]

From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon May 26 2003 - 13:15:06 MDT

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    --- "Robert J. Bradbury" <bradbury@aeiveos.com> wrote:
    >
    > On Mon, 26 May 2003, Mike Lorrey wrote:
    >
    > > I would add a function that adds value for reminiscence and
    > sentiment.
    > > I still derive enjoyment from things I did years and decades ago.
    >snip...
    > > though since one needs experiences to gain a bank of reminiscence
    > > principal that pays maximum dividends over time, one would need
    > > to balance experience with risk. Moderation, in other words.
    > > Acceptance of some degree of risk to attain a certain nest egg
    > > of experience.
    >
    > Very insightful. But figuring out how to strike the right balance
    > (between risk & moderation) is *not* easy (at least IMO).

    I'd look to equations already developed in the financial arena. Dollars
    are, after all, symbols of experience in terms of time spent in labor.
    Learning to apply principles of investment success to one's life of fun
    would result in maximum returns (though the idea of planning
    spontaneity does sound rather odd... ). The real difficulty is in
    deciding the free market value of experience...

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    Mike Lorrey
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