For the first time this semester, howdy, fellas!
Ahh, the joys of reading a passage that makes you re-evaluate your entire life and the choices you make, right? For example, I definitely thought about the many times that I have fallen victim to just being a "dumb cow" scared to divert from the normalcy and comfort of my symbollic "harnesses". The simple truth lies in the fact that is it so very easy to be lazy, to let others do the work for us. Why work hard when there are already multiple paths forged for us?
Actually, to make a comparison, today I was reading an article on some random Snapchat tab about Johnny Depp. Bear with me, here. It stated that he had once been the wealthiest actor in Hollywood with a net worth of $650M. As of recent, all of his money is almost gone due to him "handing the responsibility of managing his fortune off to financial advisors and managers." He never would ask for financial advise before purchasing $30,000 worth of wine a month or hiring enough daily employees to cost him $300,000 a month. When all the money had mostly ran out, he blamed the financial professionals for juking him instead of owning up to his own poor decisions. Now, I fully realize this is no celebrity gossip blog, but I felt as if I could relate his situation to this whole "think for yourself instead of letting others do it for you" argument. The reading even said,
"It is so easy not to be of age. If I have a book which understands for me, a pastor who has a conscience for me, a physician who decides my diet, and so forth, I need not trouble myself. I need not think, if I can only pay—others will readily undertake the irksome work for me."
In a world where this situation is fairly common, what is stopping us from learning from those same mistakes we see plastered all over every social media platform?
In terms of relating Kant's thoughts to our time and culture:
What stops us from forging new paths and challenging the thoughts and actions of all of those that preceed us?
In terms of relating Kant's thoughts to our time and culture:
What stops us from forging new paths and challenging the thoughts and actions of all of those that preceed us?
Do you think for yourself, and if you do, how do you implement the choice to do so into your daily life?
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