tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491040877840120845.post4241615916278369400..comments2024-03-16T17:47:07.792-04:00Comments on Stationary Waves: EnvyRP Longhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15028013805248797978noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491040877840120845.post-37553234761347821272019-08-28T13:43:47.825-04:002019-08-28T13:43:47.825-04:00Regarding 1, the reason I think there is more to i...Regarding 1, the reason I think there is more to it than a mere desire for fairness is the vitriol associated with the responses. It's not a sense of fairness that drives someone to hound a man until he commits suicide. A desire for fairness might be innate, but flying into a rage upon the mere mention of someone cheating their way to the back-of-the-middle-of-the-pack is way too weird to be a mere innate sense of fairness; although I don't doubt for a second that such an innate sense exists.<br /><br />Regarding 2, you're probably right, but there's also something more. So first, I want to acknowledge that you were very perceptive in seeing that, even if I myself had not fully grasped it. But second -- especially when it comes to my beloved running -- it bothers me that the image-conscious runner has taken over the "running narrative," if you will. Running, like traveling to Iceland, becomes more about the "trappings" than about the authenticity of the experience. In my opinion, this is the major difference between running today versus running 20 years ago. It has slowly eroded the parts of the sport that I love most -- the solitude, the communion with nature, the respect for speed and personal accomplishment -- and has replaced it with something that looks from my vantage point like a shallow pursuit of external validation. I feel passionately about the idea that internal validation is more valuable and can make the world a better place than external validation. It's been a constant theme for most of my blog over the years. <br /><br />Whether there is a deeper-seeded sense of fairness driving this pursuit in me, however, is actually a really interesting question that I'll have to spend time thinking about. I thank you for raising it.RP Longhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15028013805248797978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491040877840120845.post-58455614987138994882019-08-28T12:05:29.058-04:002019-08-28T12:05:29.058-04:00A couple of comments:
1. Maybe the explanation fo...A couple of comments:<br /><br />1. Maybe the explanation for the motivation to pursue cheaters is not envy, but an innate desire for fairness (https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/18/us/genetic-basis-to-fairness-study-hints.html). For a quite funny video of this in a monkey experiment: https://youtu.be/meiU6TxysCg .<br /><br />2. This post is an interesting juxtaposition with the one about the photographers in Iceland. Maybe part of your objection is that it doesn't seem fair that those photographers are being credited with more of a wilderness experience than they actually had?Mitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11784007044122782283noreply@blogger.com