Hey DS11, nice thoughts! There are some major philosophers (Foucault or Nietzsche come to mind) who argue similar ideas thinking that power is a productive, creative force that can't be thought of as "good" or "evil."
I especially like the yin-yang example and the argument that there isn't any "pure" good or evil, but rather everything is a mixture of both.
And thinking about mac-books, there are a number of old proverbs that say things like "those who want more than they have are destined to be miserable and those satisfied with what they have are going to be happy." I think B. Franklin said something like this once regarding financial income -- if you make little and save 5%, you'll be happy, but if you make a lot and spend 105% of what you make, you'll be miserable. I sometimes think about that and wonder if I wouldn't rather be the dog with the bone?! Then, I could just be happy with my old mac and not looking for the cool one that fits in an envelope!
Thanks for writing DS 11
