“What could be more dry than a statistic? More indifferent than a number? To be treated like a number, in common parlance, is to become an entirely replaceable part — an object lesson in depersonalization.”
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Two is solid and tingly, like the Liberty Bell….Eight is rough and hard like a stone, and 10 is smooth like a pebble on the beach. Nine…seems ready not only to ring but to shatter and burst like a fruit.<\/i> [quoting Richard Friedberg]<\/p>\n
–“Mind Over Matter, Conversations with the Cosmos”, by K.C. Cole.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
“What could be more dry than a statistic? More indifferent than a number? To be treated like a number, in common parlance, is to become an entirely replaceable part — an object lesson in depersonalization.” Two is solid and tingly, … Continue reading