Purpose/Thesis
Alright, so I decided to revive my website and to have it exist once more. That and I like to waste time, who wants to do work? Although I really need to.
I'm definately started to feel the inferiority complex I knew would eventually come along. But then again I'm not the only one going through that so I suppose it's no big deal. Just a motivation to do better work I suppose. Either way, I still crave the laid back, "learn for your own sake" hippie thing that I've become occupied with lately. In fact, I sketched it out in class today when someone mentioned a hermit as an alternative to the Republic's City of Pigs (for those of you who aren't familiar with it, its a completely totalitarianish prototype for books such as 1984 and Brave New World). So I decided it was a very pleasant idea and doodled rather than pay attenion. So here it is. For now, I'll leave you with my random notes and comments that appear in my notebooks when I zone out in class. History and Politics: "hermit vs. city of pigs - definately the hermit. he rocks." Philosophy: Status is a lie. Status is the result of uncertainty, of the inability for people to be secure and happy of their own account. Status is constructed as a false reassurance for these same people. Thus, occupation with the idea of status signifies uncertainty, unhappiness, etc?" Ever notice that the only people who think status is important at all are the people who want it?
"Can't assume people are at their peak. While ou can't be more than your capacity, you can be less. opportunity, circumstance, etc. But are people better than each other? We're looking only at one aspect of human ability. Everyone may have their strongpoint, the importance is to develope this. values - not everyone wants to be intelligent. not everyone wants to be "better" can't assume everyone is reaching for the same goal, thus you can't have a hierarchy - it's not the same scale." Is it that shocking that some Yale kids have elitist tendancies? "Why are the different occupation sin the Republic arranged by class? Why is current society this way? What makes the "upper class" better than the "lower class"? Are money and power really the only main focii of this?" ditto. "The "best" in a system build the system, thus make themselves the "best", the "good". This seems highly unaccountable." a.k.a. 'We're the best cause we said so'