Stepping back and taking a brief look at where we are in this series, and what I think about when I try to put together the next article. (Or is this really about Tools for Thought?)
Just a quick thank you for your newsletter. I have watched all 50 Episodes of AftMC but always find something interesting and new in your take on John's ideas which takes me deeper into this fascinating world.
One day in the (far?) future I'd like you to tackle his After Socrates series in a similar manner.
Thanks for your comment, Dieter! I have come to accept that dense works like AftMC or Christopher Alexander’s The Nature of Order are inexhaustible and always have something new to offer when I go back to it. Perhaps because all my processing capability was fully exhausted with just the basics. And only after I was able to internalize those basics, there was now room left to discover some of the additional layers of meaning. That does make the material feel alive in a way. It appears as if it has evolved with you, even though it was mostly yourself who evolved.
Of course, we don’t necessarily have the time to go back to it and spend even more than the 50 hours it already took the first time. That’s where I’m happy to hear that the particular angle I’m looking at it from in this series helps people like you find some of the things that might not have caught your attention the first time you watched it.
After Socrates looks like a worthy follow-up to AftMC. I watched the first two episodes. The production quality is much higher (and I didn’t think AftMC’s was low) and it seems much more focused on practical advice on how to deal with the meaning crisis. I heard that it will “only” be 25 episodes total, although each one is close to 90 minutes long.
Hi Stefan,
Just a quick thank you for your newsletter. I have watched all 50 Episodes of AftMC but always find something interesting and new in your take on John's ideas which takes me deeper into this fascinating world.
One day in the (far?) future I'd like you to tackle his After Socrates series in a similar manner.
Thanks for your comment, Dieter! I have come to accept that dense works like AftMC or Christopher Alexander’s The Nature of Order are inexhaustible and always have something new to offer when I go back to it. Perhaps because all my processing capability was fully exhausted with just the basics. And only after I was able to internalize those basics, there was now room left to discover some of the additional layers of meaning. That does make the material feel alive in a way. It appears as if it has evolved with you, even though it was mostly yourself who evolved.
Of course, we don’t necessarily have the time to go back to it and spend even more than the 50 hours it already took the first time. That’s where I’m happy to hear that the particular angle I’m looking at it from in this series helps people like you find some of the things that might not have caught your attention the first time you watched it.
After Socrates looks like a worthy follow-up to AftMC. I watched the first two episodes. The production quality is much higher (and I didn’t think AftMC’s was low) and it seems much more focused on practical advice on how to deal with the meaning crisis. I heard that it will “only” be 25 episodes total, although each one is close to 90 minutes long.