NY Post: Robert Persig, dead at 88
The way to solve the conflict between human values and technology needs is not to run away from technology. That's impossible. The way to resolve the conflict is to break down the barriers of dualistic thought that prevent a real understanding of what technology is--not an exploitation of nature, but a fusion of nature and the human spirit into a new kind of creation that transcends both.Robert M. Pirsig
CBS Minnesota: Author Robert Persig dead at 88
Harley Davidson Forms: Quotes from 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance'
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I read the book and it wasn't an explanation of zen or of the art of motorcycle maintenance. However, I think that Persig (RIP) was on the right track.
ReplyDeleteI had a hard time going through it the first time, but it is a book you can go back to again and again. There is a lot there.
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