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Aptitude Can Show Calling, But It Isn't The Only Indicator. Ineptitude Or Dysfunction May Reveal Calling More Than Talent, Curiously Enough.

I Sometimes Get Short-tempered In A Public Situation Because I Think, Oh God, I Can't Go Back Over That Again. I Can't Put That Into A Two-word Answer. I Can't. Wherever I Go, People Say, "can I Ask You A Quick Question?" It's Always, "a Quick Question." Well, My Answers Are Slow.

I Don't Think Anything Changes Until Ideas Change. The Usual American Viewpoint Is To Believe That Something Is Wrong With The Person.

We Vote For Perot. We Think He's A Great, Marvelous, Honest Man. We Send Money To His Campaign, Even Though He Is One Of The Richest Capitalists In Our Culture. Imagine, Sending Money To Perot! It's Unbelievable, Yet It's Part Of That Worship Of Individuality.

The Capacity For People To Kid Themselves Is Huge. Living On Illusions Or Delusions, And The Re-establishing Of These Illusions Or Delusions Requires A Big Effort To Keep Them From Being Seen Through. But A Very Old Idea Is At Work Behind Our Current State Of Affairs: Enantiodromia, Or The Greek Notion Of Things Turning Into Their Opposite.