There Have Always Existed People Who’ve Simply Wanted to Be Alone
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#2He portrays a man who, without a shred of formal outdoor training, survived through ingenuity and remarkable self-discipline
The man burglarized people's houses for supplies.
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#3He portrays a man who, without a shred of formal outdoor training, survived through ingenuity and remarkable self-discipline The man burglarized people's houses for supplies.
This sentiment is well covered in the article.
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#4"Why don’t we want to be alone? Because the stuff that’s down there is stuff you don’t want to see."
This really resonates with me. The "Fear of missing out" is something I try to avoid like the plague, but sometimes I wonder why do I even care?
edit: replaced the acronym FOMA
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#5"Why don’t we want to be alone? Because the stuff that’s down there is stuff you don’t want to see." This really resonates with me. The "Fear of missing out" is something I try to avoid like the plague, but sometimes I wonder why do I even care? edit: replaced the acronym FOMA
FOMA?
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#6He portrays a man who, without a shred of formal outdoor training, survived through ingenuity and remarkable self-discipline The man burglarized people's houses for supplies.
Yes, it's easy to dismiss him for many reason, but more interesting to me is how he survived the brutal Maine winters: by getting up in the middle of the night and pacing back and forth to warm up. Every night. For 27 winters. I don't know how you measure willpower but that's gotta be one of the greats right there.
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#7"Why don’t we want to be alone? Because the stuff that’s down there is stuff you don’t want to see." This really resonates with me. The "Fear of missing out" is something I try to avoid like the plague, but sometimes I wonder why do I even care? edit: replaced the acronym FOMA
FOMA?
Fear of Missing Out
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#8Snap Judgement did a nice podcast version of this story. http://snapjudgment.org/north-pond-hermit
The letters Knight & Finkel exchanged add an interesting angle.
Can't say I'm a fan of the author's choice for title of this post. It's Chris Knight's story, and nothing in this post presents any evidence for anyone else at any other time, aside from this single sentence "Think of Jesus, Mohammed, and Buddha: they all spent very long periods of time alone before introducing their religions." I totally believe there have always been people who want to be alone sometimes. Pretty much everyone wants to be alone sometimes. But ugh, this sentence & title seem to strain credulity and are so completely unnecessary and tangential to this story.
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
FOMA?
Fear of Missing Out
"Bokononism is based on the concept of foma, which are defined as harmless untruths. A foundation of Bokononism is that the religion, including its texts, is formed entirely of lies; however, one who believes and adheres to these lies will have peace of mind, and perhaps live a good life. The primary tenet of Bokononism is to "Live by the foma that make you brave and kind and healthy and happy."
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#10True story: in the early 90's, I walked up to and witnessed this: There was a young woman running a "Museum of Elvis" in a storefront in Portland. She wasn't making it financially, so unable to pay off her student loans, she took to sitting in the storefront in a chair, with a sign and a donation box saying, "I just want to be left a loan."