Comment by saasapologist

I think we've strayed too far from the Aristotelian dynamics of the self.

Outside of sexuality and the proclivities of their leaders, emphasis on physical domination of the self is lacking. The brain runs wild, the spirit remains aimless.

In the Bay, the difference between the somewhat well-adjusted "rationalists" and those very much "in the mush" is whether or not someone tells you they're in SF or "on the Berkeley side of things"