Dalai Lama

This morning I am more aware than usual of my critical nature.

I take great exception to the Dalai Lama who says, "love is the absence of judgement." What's Dalai talking about? Love is nothing if not judgment, a series of continual judgements, evaluations and re-evaluations. I speak here of active love, of the way love actually works in the world of real people.

The Dalai's statement was posted on a Facebook page. I'm just about done with Facebook, it's over for me I think. It started being over when I saw how hard they were recruiting me. The marketing dynamic is changed--now Facebook is coming toward me rather than me going toward Facebook! This is a pretty major marketing error, don't you think?

The numbers must be down, they're feeling vulnerable, and somewhere deep inside the company at the highest level the people who make decisions at Facebook (and Twitter and LinkedIn, who exhibit similar behavior) are feeling pretty naked and, quite possibly emptier than normal. They've either forsaken their core values or realize they never had any values at all and are afraid of choking on the bile of their own magnificence in the manner of rock stars Brian Jones or Jimi Hendrix.

A story in The New York Times 'Style' section yesterday, "Including the Young and the Rich" gives great hope. The White House is gathering 'next generation' philanthropists about to step into big, big money at a "discreet, invitation only summit hosted by the Obama administration to find common ground between the public sector and privileged youth" (Marriott, Rockefeller, Pritzker) who stand to inherit billions in private wealth.

One of the participants said, "I was a little worried they were going to get a bunch of rich kids in the room and fund raise for the Democratic Party, but they didn't."