Am fost în perioada 7 – 15 august 2021 în București.
Mai jos, niște notițe și albume foto.
Non-practice
Some things I’ve sold online
I sold tickets to an event I co-organized ».
Initially, for a few years, we organized them for free. When we started asking for money, people were reluctant to pay us. After a while, we got to a similar number of participants for the premium editions as for the free ones. Most of the selling argument was “You know us well, already”, we didn’t need to use much persuasion.
We did use some packages, like buying multiple tickets with a discount.
I also helped with selling a book online, in which I wrote two chapters.
We put the first chapter online for free, some testimonials, and arranged to have an option to buy online.
Mi-ar plăcea să locuiesc la țară?
Mi-ar plăcea să locuiesc la țară, dar cu condiții cât mai apropiate de oraș.
Ceva soluție de încălzire, supermarket cu acces facil, Internet, apă curentă.
Așa că, în lista asta de condiții, stau la oraș. :)
Stau la Năvodari în prezent, mare, soare, aer relativ curat (când nu sunt explozii la Petromidia).
Nu e în niciun caz casă la țară cu mâncare sănătoasa și apus superb, dar e în zonă.
Mai e și experiența în viața la țară – să știi să ai grijă de animale, să crești legume și plante, alte asemenea.
Un om crescut la oraș e posibil să aibă niște mici dificultăți în a face asta corect.
Changing values and having dilemmas
Andrei Pleșu has some articles (RO) about dilemmas: Cu sau fără dileme? – Dilema veche. Omul fără dileme – Dilema veche. What’s my view on the matter? I think there are some absolute values – not wanting to hurt anyone, trying to do good, fighting for a better world. On another hand, when you act, some values go in opposite directions. I tend not to work with companies in certain niches (gambling / casino / payday loans / smoking / erotic / unhealthy things, anything related to unhealthy food / drinks). But what would happen in this scenario: I would be offered a huge amount of money, with which I could help others? The impact of my action would be small. Luckily, this scenario rarely if ever happens, but it reminds me of some verses in “Jesus Christ Superstar”, in which Judas is persuaded by the following argument: “[CAIAPHAS] Think of the things you can do with that money Choose any charity – give to the poor” (via ») I truly believe that all men try to follow a set of values, whether I agree with them or not is another matter. Yet another matter is what happens when values conflict. Yet another matter is about a situation in which due to some circumstances (let’s say I drink too much), and I act against my common sense.
Cum arăta viața pentru mine acum 14 ani? (în 2007)
Pornind de la o provocare, dau un răspuns la dilema – Cum arăta viața pentru mine acum 14 ani?
Clip-on magnetic glasses
Some years ago, I found a solution for wearing sun-protecting glasses and also glasses for better vision.
Both of two worlds: protection against Sun and good vision.
I bought two pairs of such glasses and I like them, both, a lot.
If you’re looking for a solution, now you know what to find.
You can see an example in the photo below (via »).
A sort of racism
In a podcast/netcast I listened to recently (INDISCUTABIL #9 – Gelu Duminică | Rasism, mentori si empatie – YouTube), Gelu Duminică said something in the lines of:
“În teoria prejudecății există un moment care se numește ancorare (adică «Ce văd eu în tine?»). […] Fiecare dintre noi are foarte multe identități. (eu – n.O.) Nu am doar o identitate. […] Sunt etnic rom, sunt român, sunt sociolog, sunt gras, sunt chelios, sunt bucureștean, sunt copil, sunt … etc., etc. Deci – am foarte multe identități, da? Rasismul este în momentul în care îl ancorezi pe celălalt doar într-o identitate și, indiferent ce face el, se exprimă doar prin identitatea aia.”
Racism has a limited view of the world, focusing on the negative.
What happens if, like I tend to do, focus only on one quality?
What if I reduce one person not to a thing of qualities a person has, but to a single one?
Or, even worse, what if I, instead of valuing persons based on an intrinsic quality – “they exist” -, focus on actions and characteristics?
It’s now that I realize that a very limited view of a person, even if it’s meant to be a look on the positive side, can have negative aspects.
Because you can look at the situation like this – if I value a person on one quality only, I do two things at the same time:
- I ignore all the other persons. It’s that person and no one else.
- I ignore all the other qualities of other persons.
People tend to do so when falling in love. You love one person for some things and ignore all the other persons.
You love your family more than other persons in the world.
You have a circle of friends for which you care more.
This doesn’t make things right, even if it’s for positive reasons.
I don’t have a solution.
Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it. (Matthew 10:37-39 niv – “Anyone who loves their father or – Bible Gateway)
As a possible solution:
“Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always.” ― Brad Meltzer
It’s hard loving your neighbor.
Despre ieșirea la pensie
Despre ieșirea la pensie – Știu oameni care lucrează după ce au ieșit la pensie.
Pe de o parte, le dă un sens vieții, pe de alta mi se pare trist.
Pe de altă parte, oamenii care au locuit toată viața la țară și nu au avut serviciu probabil vor munci toată viața.
Sau așteptăm să apară niște roboți care să modifice situația, productivitatea – lucruri de acest tip.
În momentul ăsta, cu mintea de acum, mi-aș dori să ajut cât mai mult societatea. Dacă asta se face scriind pe blog – vreau să fac asta -, dacă presupune să scriu o carte – OK -, dacă înseamnă să lucrez și să dau experiența mea altora prin produs direct sau prin consultanță – de ce nu?
Nu prea mă văd, chiar la un 70 de ani, dacă corpul mă va mai ține, mergând în vacanțe, la mare, la soare.
Poate la mare da, că sunt din Năvodari. :D
Living life like a wonder
Each day seems like a wonder, to me – I’m amazed by what people create, say, do.
I’m grateful and amazed by healthy and tasty food, I’m surprised that people are so good (as humans, in day-to-day life, but also as professionals), I read amazing things, watch great movies, and listen to superb music.
Each day is a miracle, in its way.