Very interesting analysis, thanks for writing about it. I like the understanding you have of your own place on the spectrum of romantic thinking and classical. The connection of this with how you’ve dealt with your injury is illuminating.
I think I fall on the “romantic-classical” spectrum at about 70%-30%, respectively. I lean into learning more deeply about things that are affecting me more immediately. I know just enough about how my phone works to be able to operate it and troubleshoot surface level issues. I’m probably not going to take a course in superconductors, though. This may not be the best example, but I think you get it.
I can relate — I probably fall at around the same place on the romantic/classical spectrum, though my unfortunate tendency to get ANGRY when devices don’t immediately function as expected tells me I’m probably a little further on the romantic end! It takes a lot for me to exercise the patience necessary to dig into how something works, but when I do it, it can be extremely rewarding (with that said, I’d fall asleep in a course on superconductors). Glad you found this interesting!
As soon as I started reading this post, I thought, "But we need _both_ those types of thinking!". So I was pleased to find out that was your point. Lovely film photograph by the way!
Very interesting analysis, thanks for writing about it. I like the understanding you have of your own place on the spectrum of romantic thinking and classical. The connection of this with how you’ve dealt with your injury is illuminating.
I think I fall on the “romantic-classical” spectrum at about 70%-30%, respectively. I lean into learning more deeply about things that are affecting me more immediately. I know just enough about how my phone works to be able to operate it and troubleshoot surface level issues. I’m probably not going to take a course in superconductors, though. This may not be the best example, but I think you get it.
I can relate — I probably fall at around the same place on the romantic/classical spectrum, though my unfortunate tendency to get ANGRY when devices don’t immediately function as expected tells me I’m probably a little further on the romantic end! It takes a lot for me to exercise the patience necessary to dig into how something works, but when I do it, it can be extremely rewarding (with that said, I’d fall asleep in a course on superconductors). Glad you found this interesting!
As soon as I started reading this post, I thought, "But we need _both_ those types of thinking!". So I was pleased to find out that was your point. Lovely film photograph by the way!
Thank you! And yes we definitely do need both! I admittedly took the scenic route to getting to that point lol