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Okay, let me admit to something right off the bat; I'm that smug prick but don't have a gigantic sign. I have a blog.
Blogs are the soapbox of the technology age; so here it is READ BOOKS. it really doesn't matter what kind of books you want to read, just pick up those weird rectangle things or buy a kindle and put words in your brain. I'd reccomend the Golden Compass trilogy and I'm partial to Science Fiction and Mystery. You don't have to read the classics, hell but try to read at least young adult fiction (another of my favorite genres)
If you have a spare month or two of your life, then definitely read Atlas Shrugged. I'm reading it now.Or you can buy it on iTunes and listen to it at work for a week. It's a classic piece of literature and well worth the time it takes to read. The characters are well-developed and compelling, it's a novel about how to be a human.
I think that this historical moment makes the book read differently. The book is causing some reflection for me, making me wonder what the human being has a right to claim (in terms of shelter, health care, an education, shelter, etc) and what people should have to work for. Rand convincingly makes the point that what is rewarded without work has no value and that distributing for the masses creates a system where mediocrity reigns and accountability is like a scarlet letter.
I have ideological questions; what can we claim as a Right? What are we owed? Where does a sense of entitlement come from in white, middle-class twenty-somethings? Could this thinking be advantageous or will we always be too lazy to get anything accomplished?
It's this kind of thing that makes it difficult for me to interact socially with people who really like American Idol.
I wonder about this too, mostly because my uber conservative parents rant that universal healthcare won't motivate physicians to be the best they can be. I'm really hoping they're wrong.
ReplyDeletehahah, American Idol eats dick.
Off topic, Claire and I want to BE you and Julie. Creepy? Ehr..
It's totally true. We want to be you right down to the apartment complex filled with Bengali/Punjabi families!
ReplyDeleteALSO, you should read anything by Edmund Burke. He developed the whole sort-of objection to "rights-based" arguments. To him, in order to become a fully aware moral agent, the human cannot simply take and take without work. If something is handed to you, you will not develop the moral capacity to become a truly living agent. So says old Eddy.
ALSO, my word for the "make sure you're not a robot" word input thing was "reepher." So.
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