Ah, ur an interesting lady!
"Public" I have related to the word "propriety" which adam smith uses and does a treatise on. It's useful for so many things we might connect on.
Reminds me all of Krishnamurti and his explanation of our conditioning, and whether or not we are born with it, or infused with it so quickly and early in our lives.
I remember when I was young, doing charades at a boys and girls club (sort of after school club for children with broken homes), a boy, even younger than I was started doing his chosen charade, Tarzan, jumping, yelling, etc., none of us could get it.... "everything in the world" he said. I sure learned so much from that.
Orwell for example, warned us of "big brother" but the NEW big brother seems to be cell phone camera lenses, that you can't get away with anything because people will post your misdeeds on line. In this, it is the aggregate of society that is our brother's keeper, or in other word(s): propriety.
Haha, thanks!
Interesting point about the word "public." Yes, this reminded me of what K says about conditioning too. It's not surprising that he and Huxley were friends. I think a lot of our conditioning is infused by education and upbringing early on. I don't know what we're born with, if anything.
Cool story about the boy too. Maybe through training, our minds become more dependent on language and logical thought as we get older. Are kids able to live "in the moment" more easily? Is that why a day seemed like forever when you were young?
The existence of Big Brother is facilitated by technology but is entirely due to people!