wanting to refresh my memory concerning william james' subjetivization of pragmatism ( the quintessential american philosphy ), i ordered a used copy ( $4 ) of "pragmatism: a new word for some old ways of thinking" from better world books in mishawaka...it shipped two days ago and went from mishawaka to gendale hights in illinois...a trip of 126 miles...from glendale hights the book went to elk grove village...add another 9.8 miles...from there it wended its way to indianapolis indiana...206 miles from wence it is headed to the nearest postal distribution center which tacks on another 152 miles...from there to my home town is 5.6 miles...so by the time he arrives bill will have traveled 498.4 miles...7.66 and change times farther than the distance between here and mishawaka...they allege "carbon neuutral shipping"...if i wasn't overtly skeptical you wouldn't be reading this...an over complex delivery system that is indicative of the distortions "the market" coupled with sclerotic bureaucratic thinking force on us...have to wonder what william of ockham would have to say about bill's trip.
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