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    A Compendium of Observations
    A Compendium of Observations
    A Compendium of Observations
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    A Compendium of Observations

    By Lee Macabre

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    These stories have evolved from life-experience of a mish-mash concern that this modern environment forces upon us that we can do nothing about except complain. You may find them stupid maybe arrogant, offensive, yet think deeply and you may see that our society is being moulded by conformity to what ends no one knows.
    The theory of Bicameralism proposed by Julian Jaynes may account for the direction in which our world is going. Before Man became conscious his little unconscious; "I" now living in a reflective left-lobe metaphorical mind space had internal aural directions from within his brain's right-lobe for safe living. In that time the theory goes, he wasn't conscious, but, as 'writing' evolved the textualisations replaced the aural commands of "God." As consciousness arose within his left-lobe Man lost the aural directives of the internal "God" from the right-lobe and relied on lexicality to survive.
    If this theory is correct we are now replacing this lost, Bicameral aurality with textualised dogma in order to make us, 'safe.' Instead of the "In the beginning was the Word, (aural) and the Word was made Man," we now have, "Man needs the Word (textual) in order to live." Disagree? Look at; Bicameral Democracy that legislates: -- WH ISO Quality; Learning Accreditation and much, much more. All these pseudo-disciplines mandate by textualisation of directives. The personal experiences of humanity are dying to be replaced by the written, "Word?" We are trying to replace the lost, aural 'voice' of our bicameral God by the 'Written' Laws enforced on us by our Bicameral "Chambers" for some unknown reason.

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    PublisherLee Macabre
    Release dateJan 26, 2016
    ISBN9781310542749
    A Compendium of Observations
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    Lee Macabre

    Lee Macabre is my pen-name derived from frequenting Le-Macabre coffee bar in Soho, UK, many, many years ago.I am a retired electronic Engineer having been involved in R&D all my life until I 'accepted' Red-Dundancy.Luckily a job-opportunity came along involving teaching Electrotechnology that I successfully attained and continued for another 15 years until I was considered 'too-old' and told to retire?So now, apart from trying to keep the grass cut, i have been turning some of my eBooks into Screenplays in order not to mentally atrophy.

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      A Compendium of Observations - Lee Macabre

      A Compendium of Observations

      By Lee Macabre

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      Copyright 2016 by Lee Macabre

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      This book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This book may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you are reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to your favourite E-book retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      FOREWARD:

      In our lives we have many life-experiences that we either revel in or hate. Many of us go through innumerable encounters without doing anything about the negative ones. Then one day, for no known reason we begin to counter the negativity forced upon us and we try to do something about it, it invariably never works but makes us feel better?

      These stories have evolved from life-experience of a mish-mash concern that this modern environment forces upon us that we can do nothing about except complain. You may find them stupid maybe arrogant, offensive, yet think deeply and you may see that our society is being moulded by conformity to what ends no one knows.

      The theory of Bicameralism proposed by Julian Jaynes may account for the direction in which our world is going. Before Man became conscious his little unconscious; I now living in a reflective left-lobe metaphorical mind space had internal aural directions from within his brain's right-lobe for safe living. In that time the theory goes, he wasn't conscious, but, as 'writing' evolved the textualisations replaced the aural commands of God. As consciousness arose within his left-lobe Man lost the aural directives of the internal God from the right-lobe and relied on lexicality to survive.

      If this theory is correct we are now replacing this lost, Bicameral aurality with textualised dogma in order to make us, 'safe.' Instead of the In the beginning was the Word, (aural) and the Word was made Man, we now have, Man needs the Word (textual) in order to live. Disagree? Look at; Bicameral Democracy that legislates: -- WH&S; ISO Quality; Learning Accreditation and much, much more. All these pseudo-disciplines mandate by textualisation of directives. The personal experiences of humanity are dying to be replaced by the written, Word? We are trying to replace the lost, aural 'voice' of our bicameral God by the 'Written' Laws enforced on us by our Bicameral Chambers for some unknown reason.

      Enjoy!

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      About the Author:

      Lee Macabre is currently working on Book 2.

      CONTENTS:

      To be competent or not to be

      The metaphor of 'quality' is not lexically definable?

      A 'competency assessor' is a 'procedure' expert, not a 'content' expert.

      To be a 'teacher' or a 'facilitator'

      To be 'experiential' or 'capstonial'

      What lexical squiggles have you paid for this day?

      Workplace accreditation is a necessity

      To be safe or 'more safer'

      Do it yourself was quite nice, wasn't it?

      TO BE COMPETENT OR NOT TO BE -- That is the Question?

      Lee Macabre comments about 'Competencies'.

      All over the World the ISO9000 Quality System has infused itself on us during the past decades. Initially established to produce worldwide Quality Conformity for Industry and alleged to initiate the demise of small companies unable to carry the extra 15% 'on-costs' of it's infusion, it retrospectively seems obvious that it's successful tentacles would greedily grasp other areas of our lives. It purported to be a rationalisation and

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