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Eric Kaplan's avatar

In NYC in the 80s a homeless guy around Avenue A and 5th I think (or maybe it was further West -- probably) taught me about "360 Degrees of Knowledge" -- the idea is that if you live on the street your have to know what' s happening all around you. That's stuck with me since then. I've since learned that the human nervous system is actually two nervous systems klujed together; a jellyfish nervous system which is a net which information spreads out along, and a spinal-chord based nervous system which sends signals up to the brain and then back down to the rest of the body. I think the guy I was talking to was talking about that sort of jellyfish awareness. It's a real thing. I liked your piece about actual physical encounters with people. That's important.

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Glenda Burgess's avatar

Just returned from Prague. The better life is indeed, there.

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