Comments on: More Mellow, less drama http://www.victusspiritus.com/2009/09/22/more-mello-less-drama/ a blog by Mark Essel on web technology, startups and design philosophy Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark Essel http://www.victusspiritus.com/2009/09/22/more-mello-less-drama/comment-page-1/#comment-2232 Mark Essel Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:54:08 +0000 http://www.victusspiritus.com/?p=1631#comment-2232 Appreciate the different take on the emotionally charged motivators of anger/excitation. While we can't control irrational feelings with rational methods, we can better understand them with reason. From the socialogical/psychological background to the physical neurological chemistry of our excited states, there are methods to our madness ;) Appreciate the different take on the emotionally charged motivators of anger/excitation. While we can't control irrational feelings with rational methods, we can better understand them with reason. From the socialogical/psychological background to the physical neurological chemistry of our excited states, there are methods to our madness ;)

]]> By: Mark Essel http://www.victusspiritus.com/2009/09/22/more-mello-less-drama/comment-page-1/#comment-886 Mark Essel Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:54:08 +0000 http://www.victusspiritus.com/?p=1631#comment-886 Appreciate the different take on the emotionally charged motivators of anger/excitation. While we can't control irrational feelings with rational methods, we can better understand them with reason. From the socialogical/psychological background to the physical neurological chemistry of our excited states, there are methods to out madness ;) Appreciate the different take on the emotionally charged motivators of anger/excitation. While we can't control irrational feelings with rational methods, we can better understand them with reason. From the socialogical/psychological background to the physical neurological chemistry of our excited states, there are methods to out madness ;)

]]> By: Natas_Enasni http://www.victusspiritus.com/2009/09/22/more-mello-less-drama/comment-page-1/#comment-877 Natas_Enasni Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:00:27 +0000 http://www.victusspiritus.com/?p=1631#comment-877 I love the positive attitude of your writing; intelligent and yet somehow manages not to be despairing. I think you nailed the problem as frustration. A frustrated impotence is what many (including myself) feel as they view the world's darkness from our telescreens; and it has been very detrimental to my overall attitude and actions.<br><br>However I would say that excited and angry actions are sometimes requisite for powerful change; not ideal, but useful in certain places and certain times. We can't change the world by ourselves, and in general the masses are controlled by these driving emotions (and woe to they who would try to control them with logic). I love the positive attitude of your writing; intelligent and yet somehow manages not to be despairing. I think you nailed the problem as frustration. A frustrated impotence is what many (including myself) feel as they view the world's darkness from our telescreens; and it has been very detrimental to my overall attitude and actions.

However I would say that excited and angry actions are sometimes requisite for powerful change; not ideal, but useful in certain places and certain times. We can't change the world by ourselves, and in general the masses are controlled by these driving emotions (and woe to they who would try to control them with logic).

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