And they talked about customers coming in and complaining that they had chosen it for some event or a bridesmaid's dress or whatever it might be, and now the specialness had been destroyed by the copy.So what effect does that have?
that appears to be fantastically well designed for our own existence. This specialness is not something that we can attribute to lucky accidents, which is far too unlikely. The apparent coincidences cry out for an explanation.
It seems like there's something really different and-- this is an odd way to use the word-- but special about this time that makes it something different. And that specialness has a lot of potential to think differently about the way things are. But in the short term, there's also the very practical need to tend to our internal experience so that we can show up in the world the way we want to.
larry page right everybody wants to be somebody special and yet we are trained to diminish our specialness in order to not stand out too far from the crowd and i think that what happened for me that was a real blessing in the end is that i grew up in
Ooh. OK. Because you were trying to explain where this book came from. He said, "people began to recognize my specialness when I was young. As a 10-year-old, curious about the laws of physics, I wondered what would happen if I tossed a large water balloon off the balcony of my father's 15th floor apartment?
lives. There are very few countries that allow that kind of consciousness to form. Now, it's that kind of specialness around writing that I think is under threat, but it's probably a very good thing that it's under threat.
When you think wow, a skateboard, that's a door. It's a church. So it just creates a little bit of specialness .
Gary reads Tolstoy in the original Russian. Gary: Yeah, I don't think there's a great culture of specialness in many Asian cultures. Maybe you would disagree. There's a collective unit that's very
And I think that's something that's so powerful, and that the intention and the thought that you put behind, that is really powerful. Yeah, I definitely think that people are realizing the special-- the brand, the specialness of this brand,
Absolutely. You you become the modern day grill the modern day modern day jelly. You know, you have to. I understand, too, that even in the birth of hip hop, there was that specialness going on the carrying on tradition, the ability to morph into this new space. What needs to happen in order for you to continue, you know, And I
So I'm thinking a lot about that. What I realized in retrospect was I regretted it, because I feel like, do what you do well, and really represent the specialness
So I'm thinking a lot about that. But no question, as we expanded and the expansion continued-- that's what I talked about before-- where that specialness kind of was compromised.
And within a few weeks it's being reported as something my father said. It definitely seems, looking at all the evidence, that my father's specialness was being deliberately exaggerated by some columnists and reporters. One person I became aware of through the internet was the brilliant producer of "Quiz Kids," Lewis G Cowan, who as it turned out was one of the people in charge
But I also see something afraid, something that I was, something that was unsure. And I really encourage people to look into the darkness and look into places that you would not normally look to find uniqueness and specialness , because that's where the diamonds are hiding.