| Re: STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND:
I read SIASL over 30 years ago and have kept its, to me, two major concepts with me ever since; groking and Perfect Witness.
The perfect witness concept is valuable in all aspects of life, business, tourism, buying a house ... Never assume that everything is as the bit you can see, or more importantly, are shown.
Groking is a great concept and something people should strive to do, obviously it is not currently achievable in the exact form of the book, but understanding the nature of what we come into contact with is very useful.
But, just to show you don't need to be preached at to learn, the most important life lesson I have ever been given comes from Douglas Adams' Restaurant at the End of the Universe; The SEP Field. If it is Somebody Else's Problem, I don't worry about it anymore.
Back to SIASL. Yes it is sexist and dated, but it is an important book and I would encourage anyone to read it. |