I've been attempting this journey you describe. It's been shocking to discover just how much decision-making and responsibility there is to reclaim and how unaccustomed most of us are to exercising these muscles. It can be very intimidating... choosing a different route and taking ownership. The social repercussions are surprisingly impactful... which I imagine is why so much $$$ is spent on behavioral research. But the rewards of owning yourself, and giving future generations a chance to own themselves, are well worth the discomfort.
Just reading Eric Hoffer's Working and Thinking on the Waterfront this morning....he wrote:
"The significant point is that people unfit for freedom—who cannot do much with it—are hungry for power. The desire for freedom is an attribute of a "have" type of self. It says: leave me alone and I shall grow, learn, and realize my capacities."
Prove your assertion … or do you always type in stereo? You do know that Ms. Trump is fluent in multiple languages?
And do you really think common sense, insight, and wisdom require a degree as a prerequisite?
If you do. you are wrong. I’m a degreed engineer who has learned much from the technicians and assemblers whose close-to-the-work insights are not found in textbooks. Their insights have protected my professional reputation on multiple occasions.
Your Cult of the Credentialed and Connected Omniscient is myopic in its self-righteousness … and it is why all their top-down government “help” persistently fails to deliver as advertised … and sometimes ends up making things worse for some of our fellow citizens.
Even with an education, you don’t know as much as you think you know … yet you insist upon imposing your One True Way upon all.
I've been attempting this journey you describe. It's been shocking to discover just how much decision-making and responsibility there is to reclaim and how unaccustomed most of us are to exercising these muscles. It can be very intimidating... choosing a different route and taking ownership. The social repercussions are surprisingly impactful... which I imagine is why so much $$$ is spent on behavioral research. But the rewards of owning yourself, and giving future generations a chance to own themselves, are well worth the discomfort.
Just reading Eric Hoffer's Working and Thinking on the Waterfront this morning....he wrote:
"The significant point is that people unfit for freedom—who cannot do much with it—are hungry for power. The desire for freedom is an attribute of a "have" type of self. It says: leave me alone and I shall grow, learn, and realize my capacities."
Good post. Thanks.
Prove your assertion … or do you always type in stereo? You do know that Ms. Trump is fluent in multiple languages?
And do you really think common sense, insight, and wisdom require a degree as a prerequisite?
If you do. you are wrong. I’m a degreed engineer who has learned much from the technicians and assemblers whose close-to-the-work insights are not found in textbooks. Their insights have protected my professional reputation on multiple occasions.
Your Cult of the Credentialed and Connected Omniscient is myopic in its self-righteousness … and it is why all their top-down government “help” persistently fails to deliver as advertised … and sometimes ends up making things worse for some of our fellow citizens.
Even with an education, you don’t know as much as you think you know … yet you insist upon imposing your One True Way upon all.