If You Dedicate Your Attention

We Are Not Buried In History, But Surrounded By It. You Can't Avoid Our Behavior Being Shaped By It, To A Considerable Degree. We Have This Fantasy That We Are Free Of History. This Allows Us Not To See The Circumstances, The Historical Circumstances Of Other People.

When An Old Man And A Young Man Work Together, It Can Make An Ugly Sight Or A Pretty One, Depending On Who's In Charge. If The Young Man's In Charge Or Won't Let The Old Man Take Over, The Young Man's Brute Strength Becomes Destructive And Inefficient, And The Old Man's Intelligence, Out Of Frustration, Grows Cruel And Inefficient. Sometimes The Old Man Forgets That He Is Old And Tries To Compete With The Young Man's Strength, And Then It's A Sad Sight. Or The Young Man Forgets That He Is Young And Argues With The Old Man About How To Do The Work, And That's A Sad Sight, Too.

Lists Of Books We Reread And Books We Can't Finish Tell More About Us Than About The Relative Worth Of The Books Themselves.

Like Neanderthals, Men Prefer To Hunt Alone Or, If In A Pack, At The Head Of It. Women, Whether In The Field Or In A Campfire, Are Collaborative, And When They Hunt...they Work Together.

Storytelling Is An Ancient And Honorable Act. An Essential Role To Play In The Community Or Tribe. It's One That I Embrace Wholeheartedly And Have Been Fortunate Enough To Be Rewarded For.