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"Stay Hungry" as Universal Principle?

If you want to perceive the world differently, don't eat for a day - or eat very little.  The world will appear differently. You'll sense new smells, new sights.  Bland food will suddenly become delicious.  If you want to force yourself to "eat healthier," don't eat for a day.  Suddenly chicken and broccoli will be welcome.Hunger makes a person wild.  It awakens our human instincts.  Don't eat, and suddenly you'll notice new sights, sounds, and smells.  Eat a large meal, and you'll want to sit.  Your body shuts down.  You lose touch with the wild side of your own humanity.  You become, as the government and those who would control you prefer, tame."Let me have men about me that are fat; Sleek-headed men and such as sleep o' nights: Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look; He thinks too much: such men are dangerous...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on January 18, 2010 (boomark / email).