{"id":672957,"date":"2010-02-23T11:41:31","date_gmt":"2010-02-23T16:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kempton.wordpress.com\/?p=10108"},"modified":"2010-02-23T11:41:31","modified_gmt":"2010-02-23T16:41:31","slug":"%e2%80%9csoft-eyes%e2%80%9d-take-in-everything-we-see-not-just-what-we-are-looking-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/672957","title":{"rendered":"\u201cSoft eyes\u201d: take in everything we see, not just what we are looking for"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;It used to be the case that there was a canon, a body of knowledge shared by all educated men and women. Now, we need the skills of a scout, the ability to learn, to follow a trail, to make sense out of faint clues, and to recognize the way forward through confused thickets. We need a sense of direction that carries us onward through the wood despite our twists and turns. <strong><em>We need &#8220;soft eyes&#8221; that take in everything we see, not just what we are looking for.<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; &#8211; <a title=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tim_O%27Reilly\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tim_O%27Reilly\" >Tim O\u2019Reilly<\/a> [via <a title=\"http:\/\/www.edge.org\/q2010\/q10_16.html#oreilly\" href=\"http:\/\/www.edge.org\/q2010\/q10_16.html#oreilly\" >edge<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;ve added the above highlighted portion to <strong><em><a title=\"http:\/\/kempton.wordpress.com\/about\/quotes-i-love\/\" href=\"http:\/\/kempton.wordpress.com\/about\/quotes-i-love\/\" >quotes I love<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>[HT <a title=\"http:\/\/krconnect.blogspot.com\/2010\/02\/soft-eyes-rule.html\" href=\"http:\/\/krconnect.blogspot.com\/2010\/02\/soft-eyes-rule.html\" >Kevin<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Filed under: <a href='http:\/\/kempton.wordpress.com\/category\/insightful\/'>insightful<\/a>, <a href='http:\/\/kempton.wordpress.com\/category\/people\/'>people<\/a>, <a href='http:\/\/kempton.wordpress.com\/category\/quotes-i-love\/'>Quotes I Love<\/a>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/kempton.wordpress.com\/10108\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/comments\/kempton.wordpress.com\/10108\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/godelicious\/kempton.wordpress.com\/10108\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/delicious\/kempton.wordpress.com\/10108\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gostumble\/kempton.wordpress.com\/10108\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/stumble\/kempton.wordpress.com\/10108\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/godigg\/kempton.wordpress.com\/10108\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/digg\/kempton.wordpress.com\/10108\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/goreddit\/kempton.wordpress.com\/10108\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/reddit\/kempton.wordpress.com\/10108\/\" \/><\/a> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?w=780\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;It used to be the case that there was a canon, a body of knowledge shared by all educated men and women. 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