Ch. 14 The Farmer & The Thief (5/4-5/10)
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The Cold War, now seemingly coming to a close, lasted 45 years (1945-1990). Discuss the role of self-fulfilling prophecies in American and Russian foreign policy during that 45 years. Discuss especially the Arms Race.
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Children, psychologists say, tend to believe things literally. Discuss the following typical parental utterances and how they might function as self-fulfilling prophecies; discuss also if any of you heard these in childhood and have accepted them as Life Scripts ever since.
A. You never do anything right.
B. You're so lazy you're going to end up on Welfare.
C. You have a terrible temper. You're going to hurt somebody seriously some day.
D. You've never been a healthy child.
E. Don't let me ever catch you doing that again.
F. You're going to get fat as a pig, the way you eat.
G. You're just not as smart as your brother.
H. Don't touch that part of your body again or you might go crazy. -
Discuss the following Game Rules as self-fulfilling prophecies.
A. "The poor you will always have with you."
(J. Christ)
B. "Jews make the best doctors."
C. "We will put a man on the moon within a decade."
(J. Kennedy)
D. "We don't have the money to build more housing."
E. "We will build the Star Wars technology and place it in orbit, no matter how much it costs."
F. "The masses are feminine. They want a strong man to lead them." (A. Hitler)
G. "All men are created equal . . . and endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights . . . among these rights are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." (T. Jefferson)
H. "Someday we can abolish hunger" (various 19th Century Futurists)
I. "We can abolish hunger by 1995." (R. Buckminster Fuller)”
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Reading this book, I am more observant of my thoughts and words. This chapter brings to mind that it is also important to be aware of other's words directed towards me. Within the vacuum of the unknown, everything has some kernel of "truth," I personally have a problem wasting more time than I need to carefully considering other people's interpretations of my behavior, thinking that there might be something I am not seeing. But... with such limited time and energy caring for a baby/toddler, I've had to drastically cut sources of energy drain, one of which being the multiple outlets of analyzing other people's opinions, judgements, and interpretations of mine and my baby's behavior. There are just too many voices to consider, many of which do not practice E-Prime! So, I am taking this week's reading as impetus to continue insulating myself from the voices of the masses, and focusing on my inner knowledge.
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Reading this book, I am more observant of my thoughts and words. This chapter brings to mind that it is also important to be aware of other's words directed towards me. Within the vacuum of the unknown, everything has some kernel of "truth," I personally have a problem wasting more time than I need to carefully considering other people's interpretations of my behavior, thinking that there might be something I am not seeing. But... with such limited time and energy caring for a baby/toddler, I've had to drastically cut sources of energy drain, one of which being the multiple outlets of analyzing other people's opinions, judgements, and interpretations of mine and my baby's behavior. There are just too many voices to consider, many of which do not practice E-Prime! So, I am taking this week's reading as impetus to continue insulating myself from the voices of the masses, and focusing on my inner knowledge.
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