Triangulation

Importance of words // as a sort of action

“We judge other people by their actions, but we judge ourselves by our intentions”- Stephen Covey

words

context

non-verbal

intentions intentions

Shikha Subramaniam Graduate SeminarProf. Tom Klinkowstein Triangulation 1 Spring 2016

Importance of words // anecdote

The poor man slouched in a corner and would occasionally hold the cup up to his ear to give it a rattle, because he was unable to tell how much money was in it by looking. Most days, the beggar didn’t hear much. Ogilvy was in good spirits that day. It was late April in New York, when the air is beginning to warm, and there’s a peaceful pause before the city falls into the oppressive heat of summer. He decided to help the beggar, and dropped a contribution into the cup. Ogilvy explained what he did for a living when the beggar thanked him, and he asked for permission to modify the sign around the man’s neck. Upon receiving consent, he took the sign and added a few words.That night, on his way home, Ogilvy said hello to the beggar, and was pleased to see his cup overflowing. The beggar, frazzled with his success, and uncertain of what Ogilvy did to the sign, asked what words were added.

One morning on his walk to work, David Ogilvy saw a beggar with a sign around his neck.

I AM BLIND

IT IS SPRING, AND I AM BLIND


I- It

I- Thou

but,

Martin Buber


Hegel // ZeitgeistThe universe is a giant network connecting everything. Therefore, every person, object, or idea that has ever existed is part of a greater whole, known as the Absolute spirit.Buber accuses Hegel of denigrating the concrete human person and community in favor of universal reason and argues that man will never be at home or overcome his solitude in the universe that Hegel postulates.


Does every new interaction, or every passing second for that matter, make us a di�erent person? Are we all constantly changing? Is this change always growth?

If there was no strict mechanical , universal clock, would our brain measure time according to new experiences?


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