I'll just share this personal note: On post # 14 (Sep 28th). I said that I will take a break after this post. I didn't know for how long? On the 29th Sunday morning I was in surgery for 4 hours and they cut a malignant tumor out of my liver. WOW. On Monday night the 30th I went home from the hospital with no pain nor weakness. Of course I have tiredness, but good appetite and good mobility.
Modern surgery is a miracle and nothing to fear about. (I guess that I beat cancer in 4 hours?)
A quick decision gives a quick result. Cancer is such a bogey-man word and we always hear the dreadful stories. It is so nice to hear the quick success. There must be millions healed, yet we think it is a death sentence. CONGRATULATIONS.
It all depends on the surgeon. I talked with 4 or 5. Many gave a standard guarded medical reply: WELL: it depends, everyone is different. (Of course they've done many, and a part of which had complications, the rest did well.)
Then this one surgeon said, LOOK, I only do liver surgery, at least 2 a week. In fact, he did another one Monday, the day after me. I looked at your test data and I can take that tumor out. How about the day after tomorrow? I said that's too soon, let's go next Sunday. And so it was.
Here are recounted 100's of skirmishes describing princely strife. It seems like a simple "board game" where personal opponents make irrational decisions based on emotional reactions, and then carry them out. HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?
OK they all collected taxes, and they all hired mercenary armies. Those they could direct at will. War is a miracle of logistics, but nothing is said about it. How did the people support these efforts? Were they as detached as they are now, from war and peace. For instance, reading "The Good Earth" by Pearl S buck, the Chinese civil war raged, but most people were unaware of it. Only once in a while did it pass through your village.
Where did they get food, weapons and supplies. Especially they needed horses. So then they needed fodder. For me, this kind of writing has to be taken with a grain of salt. It is a portrayal of a hostile humanity, willing to battle any assumed adversary. It seems an arbitrary blood letting, the overheating of passion. Was normal life so boring? Was the army the only way to advance in life? This chapter raises more questions than answers.
He did say in 88. A TERRIBLE EPILOGUE
"The appearance of phenomena is deceptive. Although the actions performed by individuals are the basis of historical events, it would be wrong to attribute to these people (persons) a decisive role in major historical phenomena. The actions of persons are significant only insofar as they are supported by consortia clothed in social forms."
BUT HE DOES NOT ELABORATE ON THAT. That would be the interesting history. What were the people like? Were they only pawns that could be moved at will?
I'll just share this personal note: On post # 14 (Sep 28th). I said that I will take a break after this post. I didn't know for how long? On the 29th Sunday morning I was in surgery for 4 hours and they cut a malignant tumor out of my liver. WOW. On Monday night the 30th I went home from the hospital with no pain nor weakness. Of course I have tiredness, but good appetite and good mobility.
Modern surgery is a miracle and nothing to fear about. (I guess that I beat cancer in 4 hours?)
.
A quick decision gives a quick result. Cancer is such a bogey-man word and we always hear the dreadful stories. It is so nice to hear the quick success. There must be millions healed, yet we think it is a death sentence. CONGRATULATIONS.
It all depends on the surgeon. I talked with 4 or 5. Many gave a standard guarded medical reply: WELL: it depends, everyone is different. (Of course they've done many, and a part of which had complications, the rest did well.)
Then this one surgeon said, LOOK, I only do liver surgery, at least 2 a week. In fact, he did another one Monday, the day after me. I looked at your test data and I can take that tumor out. How about the day after tomorrow? I said that's too soon, let's go next Sunday. And so it was.
.
Here are recounted 100's of skirmishes describing princely strife. It seems like a simple "board game" where personal opponents make irrational decisions based on emotional reactions, and then carry them out. HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?
OK they all collected taxes, and they all hired mercenary armies. Those they could direct at will. War is a miracle of logistics, but nothing is said about it. How did the people support these efforts? Were they as detached as they are now, from war and peace. For instance, reading "The Good Earth" by Pearl S buck, the Chinese civil war raged, but most people were unaware of it. Only once in a while did it pass through your village.
Where did they get food, weapons and supplies. Especially they needed horses. So then they needed fodder. For me, this kind of writing has to be taken with a grain of salt. It is a portrayal of a hostile humanity, willing to battle any assumed adversary. It seems an arbitrary blood letting, the overheating of passion. Was normal life so boring? Was the army the only way to advance in life? This chapter raises more questions than answers.
He did say in 88. A TERRIBLE EPILOGUE
"The appearance of phenomena is deceptive. Although the actions performed by individuals are the basis of historical events, it would be wrong to attribute to these people (persons) a decisive role in major historical phenomena. The actions of persons are significant only insofar as they are supported by consortia clothed in social forms."
BUT HE DOES NOT ELABORATE ON THAT. That would be the interesting history. What were the people like? Were they only pawns that could be moved at will?
.