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Friday, October 17, 2014

Colbert Probes "Excellent Sheep": Why Elite School Graduates Bollox Everything

 
 
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Alan: Colbert is unusually hard on Deresiewicz... and correspondingly funny. 

In this instance I wish Stephen had reserved his wit for one of the garden variety jerks he interviews.
 
Deresiewicz has not only revealed a national "secret" but in his own life has exhibited the courage of conviction.
 
In sum...

Do not trust careerists (and other "climbers"), especially those who have been mis-educated at elite schools.

We can learn from careerists, and -- in limited ways -- even benefit from their ministration.

But, ultimately, do not trust them. Certainly not for vision, nor for charting one's own course.
 
Rather, find your own vocation, your unique calling -- true and "God/Universe given" -- and pursue it at all cost. (This includes the cost of poverty.)
 
The ancient Romans believed -- at least of "free men" -- that everyone is endowed with a genius.
 
And unless that genius is realized "in the world," it will rattle around inside seeking escape until it is manifest, or, until it breaks something, often irreparably.
 
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"Einstein On Common Sense"
 
 
 
 

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