en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/625647 Comments by lessin http://drstarcat.com/archives/156#IDComment29737295 really interesting post -- one thing i take issue with early on "each of us individually and all of us collectively are on a never-ending quest to be in complete control of our surroundings." -- I think that this isn't universally human, it is American, or at most western -- there are plenty of cultures that take another tact. Personally, my quest is not to control all of my surroundings, but to intensely focus a a specific set that I have carved out as important Thu, 6 Aug 2009 16:10:15 +0000 http://drstarcat.com/archives/156#IDComment29737295